Appeal 2007-2324
Application 10/629,775
The figure shows top cover 60 and side plate 30, with fire plate 70 in
between. Figure 3 also shows cabinet holder 80 as a bar-shaped piece
placed atop flange 700 of fire plate 70. Cabinet holder 80 has fastening
pieces 830, which are a series of bent tabs that extend downward from the
bar-shaped cabinet holder 80. “[T]he fastening pieces 830 are respectively
inserted into the first and second fastening holes . . . on the flanges 300 and
700, for joining the fire plate 70 with the side plate 30” (Specification 8).
We therefore interpret the “cabinet holder” in claim 26 to be a
distinct piece of the claimed assembly. While claim 26 does not exclude the
cabinet holder from being fastened to the fire plate and side plate by non-
integrated fasteners such as nuts, blots, or screws, the claim requires the
cabinet holder to have a plurality of fastening pieces as parts of its structure,
such as the bent tabs shown in Figure 3. The fastening pieces of the cabinet
holder must be configured so that they insert into both the fire plate and the
side plate.
PRIOR ART
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Vonderhaar US 3,402,281 Sep. 17, 1968
Holub US 1,550,700 Aug. 25, 1925
Yandell US 1,993,201 Mar. 5, 1935
3. OBVIOUSNESS -- CLAIMS 5-18 and 22-26
Claims 5-18 and 22-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious in view of Vonderhaar and Holub (Answer 3-5).
The Examiner states that the term “‘fire plate’ is broadly and
reasonably construed” to encompass any barrier that prevents fire passage,
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