Appeal No. 2006-0132
Application No. 09/946,627
structural laminates to provide over-presses that are
at least semi-rigid against the outer surfaces of the
pre-form in order to distribute force across the outer
surfaces of the pre-form.
The appellants do not challenge the Official Notice taken by the
examiner. See the Brief, page 22. Consistent with the Official
Notice, the examiner also finds (the Answer, pages 24-26) that:
Barnes discloses a method of curing a structural member
by providing an at least semi-rigid over-press
(silicone rubber blocks 221) against the outer surface
of a pre-form (body sheet 53)... in order to cause the
over-press to press the per-form against the other
structural assembly parts (see figure 25; column 8,
lines 30-35, column 9, lines 14-33).
...
Sloman discloses a method of curing a structural member
by providing an at least semi-rigid over-press against
the outer surface of a pre-form in order to cause the
over-press to press the pre-form against the other
structural assembly parts (pages 1,3).
The appellants do not challenge these findings of fact.
Given these undisputed findings, we concur with the examiner
that one of ordinary skill in the art would have been led to
employ over-presses conforming to the shape of the outer surfaces
of a given pre-form, including a generally triangular shape over-
presses conforming to the shape of the outer surfaces of the pre-
form of the type suggested in Breuer, Abildskov, Campbell and
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