Ex Parte OSTWALD et al - Page 4



          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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