Appeal No. 95-3943
Application 08/050,318
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's refusal
to allow claims 4, 5 and 7 , which are all of the claims pending2
in the application.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a vertically
adjustable desk. Claim 4 is exemplary of the invention and reads
as follows :3
4. A vertically adjustable desk which comprises:
a support stand,
a desktop which includes an underbody,
first and second linkage means connected between said
support stand and said underbody for vertically adjustably
positioning said desktop in a generally horizontal orientation
above said lower stand, each of said first and second linkage
means comprising two parallel links, and
first and second gas spring means connected between
said first linkage means and said underbody and between said
second linkage means and said underbody, respectively, for
Amendments to claims 4 and 7 were requested in a separate paper2
accompanying the reply brief on January 30, 1995 (Paper No. 18) in response
to the examiner's new ground of rejection set forth in the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 17). Although entry of this amendment was not specifically
approved by the examiner in the subsequent responses, approval can be inferred
from the examiner's statement in the response dated March 1, 1995 (Paper No.
19) that the reply brief "has been entered and considered" since the reply
brief notes the amendment of the claims and directs the arguments to the
amended claims.
As amended January 30, 1995 (Paper No. 18)3
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