Ex Parte Kreutner - Page 3

              Appeal 2007-2897                                                                                         
              Application 09/934,777                                                                                   
              single room or location within the office is selected from: a breakroom, a                               
              conference room, a file room, a reception area, an office, a computer and a                              
              department;                                                                                              
                    wherein the box can be sealed and labeled simultaneously without                                   
              marking the box or tape with a writing instrument.                                                       
                    References Cited                                                                                   
                    Plummer   US 4,252,258  Feb. 24, 1981                                                              
                    Williams   US 4,557,971  Dec. 10, 1985                                                             
                    Kitagawa   US 5,099,991  Mar. 31, 1992                                                             
                    Okisawa   JP 110927224A  Sep. 19, 1997                                                             

                    Grounds of Rejection                                                                               
                    Claims 17 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), for obviousness                          
              over Williams in view of Okisawa.                                                                        
                    Claims 9-11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), for obviousness over                         
              Kitagawa in view of Williams and Okisawa.                                                                
                    Claims 6-8 and 17-20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), for                                 
              obviousness over Plummer in view of Williams.                                                            
                    Claims 9, 13-16 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), for                                
              obviousness over Kitagawa in view of Plummer and Williams.                                               

                                                   DISCUSSION                                                          
                    Claims 17 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), for obviousness                          
              over Williams in view of Okisawa.  We select claim 17 as representative of this                          
              rejection as Appellant has not provided separate argument for claim 19.  37 C.F.R.                       
              § 41.37(c)(1)(vii).                                                                                      



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