Appeal No. 95-3141
Application No. 08/070,863
the holes in each track can be considered a “row”) and that
the row be “in a direction perpendicular to the direction of
travel of the elevator car.” Clearly, the “operating
elements” in Caputo are disposed in a row in a direction which
is parallel to, or in the same direction as, the direction of
travel of the elevator car. Therefore, the structure taught
by Caputo does not anticipate the claimed invention.
We have not sustained either the rejection of claims 2
and 3 or the rejection of claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. 102(b).
Accordingly, the examiner’s decision is reversed.
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