Appeal No. 95-4023
Application 08/062,033
Appellant's claim 17 recites:
means, operably coupled to the plurality of sensors,
for determining document status of the document as
it travels along the transport path wherein the
means for determining document status further
comprises means for passing edge detection
information between the plurality of sensors, said
edge detection information comprising a unique
document identifier and a representation of a
position of a transport mechanism associated with
said transport path. [Emphasis added.]
Appellant argues on pages 3 through 5 of the brief that
Cloud fails to teach the above Appellant's claimed limitations
as required under 35 U.S.C. § 102. In particular, Appellant
argues that Cloud does not disclose a means for determining
document status comprising a means for passing edge detection
information with the edge detection information comprising a
unique document identifier and a representation of a position
of a position of a transport mechanism associated with the
transport path.
The Examiner points out on page 3 of the answer that
Cloud teaches in column 3, lines 34-42, and column 4, lines
15-21, that information is passed and this information
includes a sort code. The Examiner argues that the Cloud sort
code is a unique document identifier in that the sort code is
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