Appeal No. 2002-2250
Application No. 09/519,823
Lejeck et al. (Lejeck) 3,006,626 Oct. 31, 1961
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Lejeck in view of Thornley.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and 15) and the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 14) for the respective positions of the appellants and
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Lejeck, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
concrete foundation mat 24 for a blast furnace stove 10. The
stove includes an outer shell 17 having anchor rods 29 welded to
its bottom section 25. When poured, the concrete mat embeds the
bottom section of the shell and the rods to anchor the stove
against upward pressures exerted by cold blasts of air entering
the stove for heating prior to being conveyed to a downstream
blast furnace. Figure 1 depicts the stove mounted on the
concrete mat and also shows a series of unidentified elements
extending downwardly from the bottom of the mat.
In applying Lejeck against the appealed claims, the examiner
finds (see page 3 in the answer) that the unidentified elements
(labeled by the examiner as “P”) extending downwardly from the
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