Appeal Number: 2006-0974
Application Number: 10/244,336
a first and second wall connecting the upper and
lower surface, the volume between the walls defining a cavity;
and
a non-compressible material disposed in the cavity;
wherein
the walls are shaped such that a first compressive
force tending to compress the beam by a first deflection causes
an amplified second deflection of the walls into the non-
compressible material, exerting a second compressive force
against the non-compressible material, resulting in a
resistance to the first deflection and the force tending to
compress the beam.
THE REFERENCES
Fox 4,019,301 Apr. 26, 1977
Konsevich 4,566,231 Jan. 28, 1986
Rivin 5,533,309 Jul. 9, 1996
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
follows: claims 56-63 over Rivin, claims 56, 57, 59 and 61-63
over Konsevich, and claims 56-59 over Fox.1
OPINION
We enter a new rejection under 37 CFR § 41.50(b) of
claims 56-63 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, affirm the
rejection over Rivin, and reverse the rejections over Konsevich
and Fox.
New rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph
Claims 56-63 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite.
1 In the examiner’s answer rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) of claims 56-63
over US 5,338,783 to Olsen and claim 60 over Fox are withdrawn (pages 2-3).
2
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