Appeal No. 2004-0753
Application No. 10/120,096
opposite end portions of each said panel being offset from said
inner skins at said middle portion of each said panel;
a logistics plate member associated with said inner skins at
said offset opposite end portions thereof for spacing at least a
portion of said panel end portions apart from each other a
predetermined distance, said logistics plate member having a
plurality of apertures therethrough for acceptance of an
associated member; and
a splicing member associated with said outer skins at said
opposite end portions thereof for joining said outer skins
together.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Yurgevich et al. 5,066,066 Nov. 19, 1991
(Yurgevich)
Higham 2 107 258 Apr. 27, 1983
British Patent Document
THE REJECTION
Claims 37 through 41, 43 through 50 and 52 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Higham in
view of Yurgevich.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 12 and 14) and to the final rejection and answer (Paper Nos.
8 and 13) for the respective positions of the appellant and the
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.
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