Appeal No. 2001-2664
Application 09/354,814
Moy discloses a system for moving a plurality of cartridges
between a plurality of cylindrical arrays. Moy discloses a guide
structure comprising an arm assembly 138 between first and second
cylindrical arrays 130 and 134. Col.8, line 63. The guide
structure includes an arm 142 which mounts column 144 on which
robotic wrist assembly moves for loading and unloading the
storage cells of the cylindrical arrays. Thus, the robot can be
said to move along a guide structure column 144. The examiner
further finds that the storage cells 132 being open to the robot,
thus comprise load ports through which cartridges can be placed
in the various storage cells.
Appellants argue that Moy discloses only a single library
and not multiple libraries as claimed in claim 1 on appeal. The
examiner argues that a library is merely a collection of similar
articles kept in one area and the LSM 108 of Moy should be
considered as a plurality of libraries. We note that appellants
expressly state in their specification that a library system may
be a cylinder of storage cells that resemble a farm silo. Even
if we were not according the claim language its broadest
reasonable interpretation, we agree with the examiner’s finding
that the LSM 108 of Moy, which clearly shows two concentric
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