Appeal No. 95-4023
Application 08/062,033
identifier nor does Cloud pass this unique identifier between
the plurality of sensors. Cloud tracks each envelopes based
upon a sequential detection of light being interrupted by the
photo-cells. Furthermore, Cloud does not pass information
that represents a position of a transport mechanism associated
with the transport path between the plurality of sensors.
Cloud assumes that the document that just passed the first
photocell is the same document that is next detected by the
second photocell. Similarly, Cloud assumes that the document
that just passed the second photocell is the same document
that is next detected by the third photocell. In other words,
Cloud relies on the order of the documents as they are fed
into the path 10 to
identify the document. Because of the reliance of the order
of the document, the Cloud system does not need to uniquely
identify the document or track the position of the transport
mechanism.
Therefore, we find that Cloud fails to teach all of the
limitations of claim 17, and thereby the claim is not
anticipated. In view of the foregoing, the decision of the
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