Appeal No. 1996-3084
Application 08/168,167
Representative claim 16 is reproduced below:
16. A physical volume comprising:
a housing;
a computer readable medium mounted in said housing for
storing data; and
an electromagnetic transponder, attached to said housing,
having a non-volatile memory configured to store data
associated with the physical volume.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Juengel 4,742,470 May 3, 1988
Claims 1 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Juengel
alone.2
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.3
OPINION
An outstanding rejection of certain claims under the second paragraph2
35 U.S.C. § 112 as set forth in the final rejection was withdrawn by the
examiner as noted at pages 2 and 5 of the answer.
Appellant's reply brief filed on March 25, 1996 has been denied entry3
by the examiner in the communication dated April 5, 1996, as well as the
Interview Summary form issued on April 17, 1996. Therefore, we have not
considered it in our deliberations.
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