Appeal No. 1998-0252
Application No. 08/555,795
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 1, 3, 4, 9-11 and 15-17, which
constitute all of the claims remaining of record in this
application.
The appellant’s invention is directed to a file label
system (claims 1, 3, 4, 9 and 10) and to a method for filing
files (claims 11 and 15-17). The claims on appeal have been
reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The following references were relied upon by the examiner
to support the final rejection:
Barber 4,329,191 May 11, 1982
Colavito et al. 4,715,621 Dec. 29, 1987
(Colavito)
The prior art admitted by the appellant on pages 1 and 2 of
the specification.
THE REJECTIONS
The following claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103:
(1) Claims 1, 3, 4 and 9 on the basis of Colavito.2
2This rejection erroneously was stated in the Answer as
being under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
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