Ex parte TIPTON et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-0578                                                         
          Application 08/349,633                                                       

                               The Rejections on Appeal                                
               Claims 21, 22 and 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                   
          102(e) as being anticipated by Stanczyk.                                     
                                    The Invention                                      
               The invention is directed to a user-controlled hazardous                
          material management system.  Independent claim 1 is                          
          representative and is reproduced below:                                      
                    21.  A user-controlled hazardous material                          
                    management system for relatively small,                            
                    medium and a large size organizations                              
                    comprising:                                                        
                         a computer;                                                   
                         a data storage device coupled to the                          
                    computer;                                                          
                         a display device coupled to the                               
                    computer;                                                          
                         a user input device coupled to said                           
                    computer; and                                                      
                         a hazardous material container                                
                    classification system stored in said data                          
                    storage device for access by said user                             
                    through said input device and including:                           
                         first data representing containers                            
                    storing hazardous materials that are in-                           
                    use;                                                               
                         second data representing containers                           
                    storing hazardous materials that are                               

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