Appeal No. 2001-1567 Page 2
Application No. 09/044,455
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of sealing
off a mine passageway (claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8 and 9) and a method
of sealing a stopping installed in a mine passageway (claims
10-12, 14-16, 18 and 19). A substantially correct copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief. 1
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wencley 4,914,883 Apr. 10,
1990
Kennedy 1,283,304 July 26,
1972
(Gr. Britain)
RHH Foam Systems Inc. Brochure (1996)
(RHH Brochure)
1The minor errors noted are: (1) in claim 1, line 15, and
claim 10, line 9, the phrase "said gaps and" should read --
said gaps, and --; (2) in claim 4, line 6, the word "a" should
be --the--; (3) Claim 8 is dependent on canceled claim 7 not
claim 6; and (4) Claim 18 is dependent on canceled claim 17
not claim 16.
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