Appeal No. 2004-1810
Application No. 10/155,392
7. A substantially planar cementitious board
having first and second opposed faces, said
cementitious board comprising:
hydraulic cement cementitious matrix material;
and
composite fabric reinforcement embedded within
said cementitious matrix material, said reinforcement
comprising an open mesh first component of high
modulus fiber strands continuously coated with alkali-
resistant polymeric material and a nonwoven web second
component, wherein at least one of said first and
second components is treated to enhance at least one
of wetting and adhesion characteristics thereof with
respect to said hydraulic cement cementitious matrix
material.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Kennedy et al. (Kennedy) 5,308,692 May 3, 1994
Newman et al. (Newman) 6,054,205 Apr. 25, 2000
On page 6 of the brief, appellant states that the
claims stand or fall together. Accordingly, we consider
claim 7 in this appeal. 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7-8)(2003).
Claims 7 and 29-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Newman in view of Kennedy.
OPINION
We refer to pages 3-4 of the answer regarding the
examiner’s rejection.
On page 8 of the brief, appellant argues that claim 7
requires that the first and second components of the fabric
reinforcement, that is embedded within the cementitious
matrix material, is treated to enhance at least one of
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