Appeal No. 2001-2382 Page 2
Application No. 09/376,461
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a tubular skylight (claims 1-4) and to a roof
flashing (claims 6-9). An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 1 and 6, which have been reproduced below.
The Representative Claims
1. A tubular skylight comprising:
a seamless metal flashing;
a transparent dome engageable with the flashing; and
at least one skylight tube depending downwardly from the flashing.
6. A metal roof flashing, comprising:
a hollow frusto-conical shaped curb defining a bottom end;
a metal skirt extending radially away from the bottom end, the skirt being
formed with at least one surface strengthening anomaly.
The Applied Prior Art
Hoy et al. (Hoy) 4,549,379 Oct. 29, 1985
DeBlock et al. (DeBlock) 5,655,339 Aug. 12, 1997
Chao et al. (Chao) 5,896,713 Apr. 27, 1999
Blackmon et al.(Blackmon) 5,956,191 Sep. 21, 1999
(filed May 1, 1998)
Streiter 6,044,592 Apr. 4, 2000
(filed May 13, 1998)
The Standing Rejections
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