Appeal 2006-1989
Application 09/772,278
Patent 5,996,948
13. As filed, the original application contained claims 1-7.
14. As filed, claim 1 was as follows:
A wire chafing stand comprising an upper rim of wire
steel which forms a closed geometrical configuration
circumscribing a first surface area, a lower rim of wire steel
forming a closed geometrical configuration circumscribing a
second surface area with said first surface area being larger than
said second surface area and having a pair of wire legs of equal
length affixed at one end thereof to the upper rim and affixed to
the lower rim at an equal location substantially approximate the
opposite end of each wire leg such that the upper rim and the
lower rim lie in substantial parallel alignment to one another
with the wire legs extending equal distances below the lower
rim to uniformly support the stand at opposing ends thereof and
having a plurality of offsets in the upper rim of said stand or in
the wire legs at the point of interconnection therebetween.
15. On April 23, 1999, the Examiner entered a Non-final Office
action.
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