Appeal No. 1999-2369
Application 08/674,911
reference disclosure, as viewed by a person of ordinary skill
in the field of the invention. Scripps Clinic & Research Found.
v. Genentech Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 1576, 18 USPQ2d 1001, 1010 (Fed.
Cir. 1991). Passovoy discloses a door frame assembly 10 for
installation within an opening 14 in a building wall 16. The
assembly 10 includes a top frame member 19 and two side frame
members 18, 20 formed of identical metal extrusions. Each
extrusion consists of a central web 26 adapted to span the
width of the wall 16 and a pair of side flanges 27, 28 adapted
to extend around the edges of the wall 16 (see Figure 2).
Each extrusion also includes a plurality of slots extending
along its entire length for variously receiving and
positioning hinge plates 52, cover plates 58, a strike plate
24 and door stop pads 40.
Independent claims 1 and 24 recite a door frame kit and
assembly, respectively, comprising a top and two side members
for “attachment to building members which define a door
opening.” These claims also require each of the top and two
side members to comprise an elongate extruded metal structure
having a cavity therein and a substrate received in the
cavity.
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