Appeal No. 2004-1798
Application 08/883,387
(8) the vertical support plane of each shearwall is
aligned substantially normal to the foundation;
(9) the central shearwall is coupled proximate the
first side edge to the first end shearwall;
(10) the central shearwall is coupled proximate its
second side edge to the second end shearwall; and
(11) the central rectangular shearwall, the first
rectangular end shearwall and the second
rectangular end shearwall in cooperation provide
all necessary lateral support for the building and
all necessary vertical support for the floors of
the building; and
(c) at least one vertically self-supporting exterior wall
that is vertically self-supporting along a vertical
support plane, the vertically self-supporting exterior
wall including a top vertical wall edge, a bottom
vertical wall edge, and two opposing vertical wall side
edges, the vertical wall edges defining first and
second vertical wall opposing faces, and the vertically
self-supporting exterior wall coupled to the foundation
and coupled to the supporting framework, wherein the
supporting framework provides all necessary lateral
support for the vertically self-supporting exterior
wall.
In the rejection of claims 27 through 29, 31 through 33
and 46 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), the examiner urges (answer,
pages 3-5) that Livingston discloses a multi-story building
construction (e.g., Fig. 6) comprising: a supporting framework
inherently coupled to a foundation (Fig. 22), the supporting
framework including
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