Ex parte KOVNER - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1998-0233                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/469,065                                                                                                                 



                 elected claims.  They stand withdrawn from consideration.                                                                              
                                   The claimed invention is directed to a business card                                                                 
                 storage and retrieval system and the method for storing and                                                                            


                 retrieving business cards.  The apparatus consists of a                                                                                
                 plurality of business card holders of rectangular sheet form                                                                           
                 having a depressed area thereon of generally the size of a                                                                             
                 rectangular business card.  Holes are provided in the card                                                                             
                 holder for mounting the corners of the business card.                                                                                  
                                   The invention can be further understood with                                                                         
                 reference to the appealed claims appended to appellant's                                                                               
                 brief.     1                                                                                                                           
                                   The references of record relied upon as evidence of                                                                  
                 obviousness are:                                                                                                                       
                 Hanson                  1,867,218               July 12, 1932                                                                          
                 McCabe                  2,637,325               May   5, 1953                                                                          
                 Goldman                 3,496,665               Feb. 24, 1970                                                                          
                 Finger                  4,949,484               Aug. 21, 1990                                                                          
                 Ristuccia               D-310,098               Aug. 21, 1990                                                                          



                          1We note in claim 19 the recitation that card holders are                                                                     
                 arranged in a row, side by side.  In our view, the cards are                                                                           
                 arranged in a row, front to back.                                                                                                      
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