Appeal No. 2004-2059
Application No. 10/278,725
placed thereon and are attached with fasteners. Appellant’s
decking tile comprises a plurality of portions arranged in an
array and connected to adjacent portions by membranes that may be
severed so that one or more of the portions may be removed. This
allows flexibility in the design of a completed deck comprising a
plurality of interconnected decking tiles because the individual
decking tiles can be customized to accommodate different room
shapes and sizes and circumscribe pipes and the like. A further
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A decking tile divided into a plurality of
portions arranged in an array, said portions being connected
to each adjacent portion by a membrane adapted to be
severable, each portion being removable from said tile upon
severing of the membranes connecting it to the other
portions, each portion arranged to receive at least two
fasteners to secure a slat thereto, wherein said at least
two fasteners can engage a slat positioned to any side of
said tile.
The references applied by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Boyd 5,263,289 Nov. 23, 1993
Hayashi JP 1-275802 A Nov. 6, 1989
(published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
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