Appeal 2007-1219
Application 10/798,635
The claimed invention is directed to an energy absorbing barrier system for
absorbing the force of an explosive blast. The system is comprised of vertical and
horizontal metal pipes and an energy absorbing spanning material spanning the
opening formed by the pipes.
Claim 1, as it appears appended to the brief, has not been entered. Claim 1,
as finally rejected, reads as follows:
1. An energy-absorbing barrier system, comprising:
a plurality of spaced-apart vertical metal pipes, each buried below a ground
surface, leaving a portion exposed above ground;
two or more spaced-apart horizontal metal pipes interconnected to the
vertical metal pipes creating at least one infill area;
a material spanning the infill area which is operative to absorb at least a
portion of the impact of an explosive blast;
a material spanning the infill area fastened to the horizontal or vertical pipes
with mounts that break away upon a predetermined force; and
a material spanning the infill area is tethered to one or more or the horizontal
or vertical pipes to keep the material from uncontrolled travel upon impact.
The evidence of record relied upon by the Examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness is:
Norton US 4,787,603 Nov. 29, 1988
Venegas, Jr. US 2003/0178614 A1 Sep. 25, 2003
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by Norton.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Norton
in view of Venegas.
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