Appeal No. 2004-0785 Page 4
Application No. 09/252,635
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the claims to "'read on' something
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Claims 1, 8 and 22, the independent claims subject to this ground of rejection,
read as follows:
1. A multiunit building, comprising:
multiple connected units, each unit being formed by two prefabricated
modules, a first module comprising a floor and four wall sections, and a second
module comprising a ceiling and four wall sections, wherein the second module is
stacked vertically atop the first module and connected thereto, and wherein a
room of the unit so formed extends from the floor section of the first module to
the ceiling section of the second module.
8. A method of building construction, comprising:
constructing a foundation;
placing a first module comprising a floor and four wall sections above the
foundation;
placing a second module comprising a ceiling and four wall sections atop
the first module; and
securing the second module to the first module to form a building unit,
wherein a room of the unit so formed extends from the floor section of the first
module to the ceiling section of the second module.
22. A method of constructing a modular building, comprising:
installing a first unit comprising a first corridor section and a first horizontal
utility chase section, wherein the first utility chase section contains a utility feed;
installing a second unit comprising a second corridor section and a second
horizontal utility chase section containing a utility feed;
connecting the units so that the first corridor section and the second
corridor section combine to form an access corridor, and the first utility chase and
the second utility chase combine to form a continuous utility chase; and
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