Appeal No. 2004-2038
Application No. 09/681,778
Claim 1 appears below.
An exterior panel comprising:
a) an upper portion having a width;
b) a lower portion; and
c) a plurality of slots extending across the width of said
upper portion of said exterior panel, wherein said upper portion
is fixedly securable, and wherein said plurality of slots permit
relative movement of said lower portion of said exterior panel to
said upper portion of said exterior panel.
At the outset, it is important to recognize, as did the
examiner (answer, page 5), that claim 1 defines an exterior panel
per se, i.e., only an external panel is broadly claimed, and not
other structure; for example, nails for fixedly securing the
panel when in use.
The King patent rejection
Like the examiner (answer, pages 3 and 4), we readily
perceive that claim 1 is anticipated by the teaching of King,
i.e., the content of broad claim 1 reads on the King disclosure.
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