Appeal No. 96-0327
Application 07/961,795
24. A sheet processing system, comprising:
a) sheet handling apparatus, said apparatus including a
first input for input of a control signal for determining the
rate at which said apparatus processes sheets;
b) a sheet feeder for input of sheets to said apparatus,
said feeder producing a signal during input of a sheet
characteristic of said sheet;
c) means responsive to said characteristic signal and
connected to said first input for generating said control
signal in accordance with said characteristic signal.
Opinion
We affirm the rejection of claims 1, 10-14, 20, 21 and
23-25. We reverse the rejection of claim 22.
Our opinion is based solely on the arguments made by the
appellants in the appeal brief. Arguments which could have
been raised but which are not before us, are not at issue and
are considered waived.
The rejection of claim 22 as being anticipated by Chang
is summarily reversed. Claim 22 depends from claim 18 which
has been indicated as containing allowable subject matter but
dependent from a rejected claim. Thus, no proper basis exists
for rejecting claim 22. Rather, on this record, it should be
objected to, like claim 18, as containing allowable subject
matter but dependent from a rejected claim, i.e., claim 1.
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