Appeal 2007-1934
Application 09/993,443
1 15. The Examiner found that Anglehart describes positioning wood
2 grains of adjacent wooden boards in the opposite direction to resist warping
3 (Rejection 3 and Answer 5).
4 16. Anglehart describes a door made of a plurality of tie plates of
5 lumber.
6 17. The tie plates are arranged so that the wood grain of an adjacent
7 tie plate is directed in the opposite direction to avoid warping (Anglehart
8 abstract, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2).
9 The Examiner’s reasoning for combining the references
10 18. The Examiner found that one skilled in the art would have used
11 the Lewis axially aligned drilling and pining device to provide for a more
12 efficient time saving operation (Rejection 2).
13 19. The Examiner found that one skilled in the art would have used
14 the Anglehart method of arranging adjacent boards with wood grain of each
15 board in opposite direction in order to avoid warping and to thus strengthen
16 the composite structure (Rejection 3 and Answer 5).
17 Applicant’s arguments
18 20. Applicant argues that:
19 a) Anguera ‘191’s wood grain of each strip is aligned in the same
20 direction for each strip (plank) and thus fails to describe wood grains having
21 alternating directions (Br. 6);
22 b) Anguera ‘191 clamps the boards – which is not the same as
23 compressing the boards vertically and transversely as claimed (Br. 6);
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