Appeal No. 97-0172
Application 08/173,560
The claims on appeal are drawn to a method of vending
non-beverage foods and non-comestible items from vending
machines configured to vend canned drinks. The claims are
reproduced in Appendix A of appellant's reply brief (Paper No.
20, filed June 28, 1996).
The references over which the claims on appeal stand
rejected are:
Mullin 3,043,474 Jul. 10, 1962
Rockola 5,080,256 Jan. 14, 1992
Sampson 5,199,598 Apr. 06, 1993
The claims on appeal stand rejected on the following
grounds:2
(1) Claims 15 to 17 and 21 to 24, anticipated by
Rockola, under 35 USC § 102(b);
(2) Claims 15 to 17, 21 and 24, unpatentable over Rockola
in view of Mullin, under 35 USC § 103;
(3) Claims 15 to 17, 22 and 23, unpatentable over Rockola
in view of Sampson, under 35 USC § 103.
Rejection (1)
Rejections (2) and (3) are new grounds of rejection first raised in the2
examiner's answer.
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