Appeal No. 2000-2017
Application 08/935,916
adapted to resiliently fold along a fold axis. A flexible cover
is provided for covering the base sheet. The cover has an
opening aligned parallel to the fold axis of the flexible base.
The resilient material of the dispenser enable the device to be
folded along the foldable axis for emplacing a stack of sheets in
through the temporarily gaping opening.
The claimed subject matter may be further understood with
reference to the appealed claims which are appended to the appeal
brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Montgomery 2,574,345 Nov. 6, 1951
Collie 3,721,360 Mar. 20, 1973
French 5,127,545 Jul. 7, 1992
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 12, 19 and their respective dependent claims stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as indefinite
for failing to point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which appellant regards as the invention.
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 9-15, 18-21 and 23-25 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Montgomery in view of
Collie.
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