Ex parte BYDALEK - Page 2




          Appeal No. 95-3918                                                          
          Application 07/971,274                                                      

                    Appellant’s claimed subject matter is a disk holder               
          for mechanically retaining a computer disk and a storage                    
          system for a plurality of computer disk or audio compact                    
          disks.  Claims 1 and 26 are exemplary of the subject matter on              
          appeal and recite:                                                          
                    1.  A disk holder for mechanically retaining a                    
          computer disk, audio compact disk or the like comprising an                 
          integral frame having a base and upright walls, each upright                
          wall having a top, the tops of said upright walls being                     
          substantially coplanar, a recess surrounded by said upright                 
          walls and defined by said base and said walls, said recess                  
          being disposed below the tops of said upright walls and above               
          the base, said walls, being disposed such that they retain a                
          computer disk and/or audio compact disk disposed in the recess              
          in place therein, said frame further including attachment                   
          means for removably securing said frame to various structures,              
          said base be comprised of a plurality of ribs extending                     
          inwardly from the upright walls, said upright walls being                   
          disposed to provide a friction fit at the periphery of a disk               
          disposed in said recess such that said disk is held against                 
          movement solely by the upright walls along its periphery.                   
                    26.  A storage system for a plurality of computer                 
          disk or audio compact disks comprising:                                     
                    a foundation member;                                              
                    a plurality of disk holders forming a stack of said               
          holders, each holder having an integral frame with a base and               
          upright walls, each upright wall having a top, the tops of                  
          said upright walls being substantially coplanar, a recess                   
          surrounded by said upright walls and defined by said base and               
          said walls, said recess being disposed below the tops of said               
          upright walls and above the base, said walls being disposed                 
          such that they retain a disk disposed in the recess in place                
          therein, said base being comprised of a plurality of ribs                   
          extending inwardly from the upright walls, said upright walls               
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