Appeal No. 96-3845
Application Nol 08/209,260
reading of exemplary claims 1, 3, and 21, copies of which are
appended to the main brief (Paper No. 13).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
following documentation:
Feton International brochure (known capsule handling system; as1
acknowledged in appellant’s specification, page 1)
Norelli 2,348,749 May 16, 1944
Inman 3,552,095 Jan. 5, 1971
Austin 3,675,390 Jul. 11, 1972
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claim 21 stands rejected under 35 USC § 103 as being
unpatentable over the Feton International brochure.
Claims 1 through 3, 19, and 22 through 24 stand rejected
under 35 USC § 103 as being unpatentable over the Feton
International brochure in view of any of Norelli, Inman, or
1Application for Patent filed March 14, 1994. This
document was submitted by appellant in parent application Serial
No. 07/841,475, filed February 26, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.
5,321,932, issued June 21, 1994 and was listed as “Marketing
Literature for FETON Int’l” on an “INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
CITATION” form (Paper No. 2).
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