Appeal No. 2006-1819 2
Application No. 10/102,445
generally desired to be unnoticeable to people walking on the
flooring over the juncture. In particular, the claims on appeal
are directed to a transition support comprising an elongated wedge
in sheet form for smoothly bridging the region at the juncture
between the different height materials. See, for example, Figure 1
of the application drawings. Independent claims 12, 20, 23 and 31
are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of
those claims can be found in the Appendix attached to appellant’s
brief.1
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is:
1 As is evident from the communication from the examiner
mailed December 27, 2004, the claims as they appear in the
Appendix to the brief and as set forth in the amendment filed
June 2, 2003 are those that are on appeal. Likewise, the changes
in the specification found in the amendment of June 2, 2004 have
been entered by the examiner, thereby rendering moot the change
requested in the supplemental amendment after final rejection
attached to the appeal brief.
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