Ex parte KING - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 2001-1637                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/800,052                                                                                                             

                 employed as part of a merchandising system” (specification,                                                                            
                 page 1).  A copy of the appealed claims appears in the                                                                                 
                 appendix to the appellant’s brief (Paper No. 21).                                                                                      


                                                               THE PRIOR ART                                                                            
                          The references relied on by the examiner to support the                                                                       
                 final rejection are:                                                                                                                   
                 Dahme                                                          3,066,774                           Dec.  4,                            
                 1962                                                                                                                                   
                 Jentzen                                                        3,159,437                           Dec.  1,                            
                 1964                                                                                                                                   
                 Andresen et al. (Andresen)                                     4,055,373                           Oct. 25,                            
                 1977                                                                                                                                   
                 Boutin et al. (Boutin)                                         5,250,000                           Oct.  5,                            
                 1993                                                                                                                                   
                 Lyman                                                          5,259,803                           Nov.  9,                            
                 1993                                                                                                                                   
                 Myslinski, Jr. et al. (Myslinski)                                       5,419,628                           May                        
                 30, 1995                                                                                                                               
                 Fischer                                                        2,252,499                           May   2,                            
                 1974                                                                                                                                   
                 German Patent Document1                                                                                                                

                                                               THE REJECTIONS                                                                           




                          1An English language translation of this reference,                                                                           
                 prepared on behalf of the United States Patent and Trademark                                                                           
                 Office, is appended hereto.                                                                                                            

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