Appeal No. 1996-3178
Application 08/407,275
Representative claim 12 is reproduced below:
12. A storage system suitable for storing a plurality of objects each associated with an
identification device including electronic memory means operable for storing a unique readable code,
said system comprising
a frame;
a plurality of station means in said frame operable to receive said identification devices;
reading means operable for reading the respective codes of electronic memory means;
input means operable for inputting information to respective electronic memory means to relate
the associated code of each of said memory means to the associated object to said identification means
and also for inputting information to respective electronic memory means as to a selected one of said
identification devices or its associated object;
processing means operable for processing inputted information to said input means and for
processing information from said reading means; and
display means responsive to said processing means and operable for indicating the location of
an identification device engaged in one of said station means based on inputted information.
Representative claim 2 is reproduced below:
2. The storage system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said station means further
comprises locking means operable to inhibit the disengagement of said identification device and
responsive to said processing means.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
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