Appeal No. 2000-2147
Application No. 08/835,709
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. For association with a floor of a structure to
provide at least one of power and communications
connectivity between a location on said floor and a support
of said structure, a raceway comprising:
a housing, substantially equal in length to a
distance between said location on said floor and said
support of said structure, having a conduit that is adapted
to receive a line from said support of said structure, said
line capable of communicating a signal to said location on
said floor; and
a fastener that can be associated with said housing
to at least substantially ensconce said line, said fastener
and said housing cooperating to integrate a floor cover with
said raceway.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Storck 4,270,833 Jun. 2, 1981
Batty et al. (Batty) 4,780,094 Oct. 25, 1988
Wegmann, Jr. (Wegmann) 5,267,367 Dec. 7, 1993
Claims 1, 2, 5 and 7 through 12 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Batty.
Claims 3, 4, 13 through 15 and 17 through 22 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Batty in view
of Wegmann.
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