Appeal No. 2006-1297 Page 2
Application No. 10/699,595
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a prestressed concrete flotation structure
with improved corrosion resistance and to a floating dock system comprising such
structures. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Gonzalez US 3,779,192 Dec. 18, 1973
Thomson US 3,799,093 Mar. 26, 1974
Shorter US 3,967,569 Jul. 6, 1976
Robinson US 6,035,797 Mar. 14, 2000
Rytand et al. (Rytand) US 6,450,737 B1 Sep. 17, 2002
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Thomson in view of Gonzalez and Shorter.
Claims 3, 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Thomson in view of Gonzalez, Shorter and Rytand.
Claims 3, 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Thomson in view of Gonzalez, Shorter and Robinson.1
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner
and the appellant regarding this appeal, we make reference to the final rejection
(mailed October 25, 2004) and examiner's answer for the examiner's complete
1 This was a new rejection set forth in the answer (mailed August 10, 2005).
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