Appeal No. 2006-0104 2
Application No. 10/055,440
Appellants’ invention relates to subterranean tanks for
receiving sewage or serving as a cistern for holding water, which
tanks are rotationally molded of synthetic resin material. As
further noted on page 1 of the specification:
More particularly, the present invention is concerned
with a tank of the foregoing type provided with
parabolic wall construction and a portal arrangement
for accommodating a uniquely and complementally
configured cover or a synthetic resin riser which is
constructed in such a manner that it may trimmed in
multiple locations along its axial length while
retaining wall strength and the ability to couple to
the tank and receive a cover thereon.
Claim 1, the sole independent claim on appeal, is
representative of the subject matter before us on appeal and a
copy of that claim can be found in the “Claims Appendix” attached
to appellants’ brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wittenberg 2,218,188 Oct. 15, 1940
Hall 4,187,647 Feb. 12, 1980
Seizert et al. (Seizert) 5,207,463 May 4, 1993
Jones et al. (Jones) 5,525,007 Jun. 11, 1996
AK Industries, Inc., “The Best Around Underground”, pages 1-16,
(hereinafter AKI).
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