Appeal No. 2006-1308
Application No. 10/269,974
placement of the self-closing vent or fire screen on an external wall of a building,
stems in part from speculation or hindsight gained impermissibly from appellant’s
specification. It follows that the rejections cannot be sustained.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-20 is
REVERSED.
REVERSED
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