Appeal No. 2004-1798
Application 08/883,387
articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determination that the examiner’s
rejections will not be sustained. Our reasoning follows.
Independent claim 27 reads as follows:
A multi-story building comprising:
(a) a foundation;
(b) a supporting framework coupled to the foundation,
wherein the supporting framework comprises:
(1) a central rectangular shearwall,
(2) a first rectangular end shearwall,
(3) a second rectangular end shearwall, and
(4) plurality of spaced apart floors arranged in a
substantially parallel manner relative to each
other and the foundation, and wherein:
(5) each shearwall includes a top edge, a bottom edge,
and two opposing side edges, the edges defining
first and second opposing faces, and each
shearwall forming a vertical support plane;
(6) each floor includes at least three side edges, the
edges defining a top face and an opposing bottom
face, and each floor forming a horizontal support
plane wherein each floor is coupled to at least
two of the shearwalls;
(7) the bottom of each shearwall is coupled to and
supported by the foundation;
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