Appeal No. 2006-0132
Application No. 09/946,627
103(a).
REJECTION 11)
As evidence of obviousness of the subject matter defined by
claims 13, 14, and 18 through 21 under section 103(a), the
examiner relies on the combined disclosures of Breuer, Abildskov,
Campbell, at least Childress and/or Boyce, at least Bersuch,
Sheahen and/or Owens and optionally Alston. The disclosures of
Breuer, Abildskov, Campbell, Childress and Boyce are discussed
above. The examiner appears to acknowledge that these references
do not mention applying over-wrap plies as required by claims 13,
14 and 18 through 21. See the Answer, page 23.
To remedy this deficiency, the examiner refers to the
disclosures of Bersuch and/or Sheahen and/or Owens and optionally
Alston. See the Answer, pages 23-24. The examiner finds (the
Answer, pages 23-24), and the appellants do not dispute (the
Brief, page 21), that:
It is well known in the art of bonding structural
composites to adhere over-wrap plies to pre-forms in
order to provide a more secure joint. For example,
Bersuch (page 9) and/or Sheahen (pages 6-7) and /or
Owens (page 404, figure 7) disclose applying composite
over-wrap plies on an exterior surface of a woven pre-
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