Appeal No. 2004-0470
Application No. 09/673,771
storage and/or transit” (specification, page 1). Representative
claim 1 reads as follows:1
1. A casing for the protection of an article contained
within the casing, the protective casing comprising:
at least two casing members which are assemblable to
constitute a casing having an internal volume to receive the
article, each of said at least two casing members comprising;
an outer skin of fibre reinforced plastics material having a
plurality of layers of reinforcing fibres in a plastics material
matrix, said layers overlaid one upon the other;
an inner skin of fibre reinforced plastics material having a
plurality of layers of reinforcing fibres in a plastics material
matrix, said layers overlaid one upon the other;
a filling of a low density core material in a space between
the outer and inner skins;
sealing means disposed in the joint face between said at
least two casing members; and
fastener means to hold said at least two members together.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Bastone et al. (Bastone) 3,412,891 Nov. 26, 1968
1 Claims 2, 6 and 7 recite various casing materials selected
from open-ended groups of indefinite scope. Upon return of the
application to the technology center, appropriate action should
be taken to obviate this problem (e.g., by amending the claims in
question to define the groups of materials in proper Markush
format as set forth in MPEP § 2173.05(h)).
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