Appeal No. 2002-1548
Application No. 09/408,042
the roof closing plate is relieved of roof loads that occur as a
result of heavy auxiliary equipment units, such as air
conditioning units, etc., that are installed on the roof. Of
importance to appellants is that the loads and forces caused by
the heavy auxiliary equipment units be transmitted directly to
the longitudinal roof beams (2) via the outboard transverse roof
arches (3) carried by the roof beams, so that the roof closing
plate (6), supported on the longitudinal roof beams below the
level of the transverse roof arches, can be made lighter in
weight (specification, pages 1-2). Independent claim 1 is
representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of that
claim can be found in the Appendix to appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ferdows 5,066,067 Nov. 19, 1991
Dominguez et al. (Dominguez) 5,259,322 Nov. 9, 1993
Claims 1, 3 through 8, 11 through 14 and 16 through 20 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Dominguez.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Dominguez in view of Ferdows.
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