Ex parte SOUTH et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 97-0744                                         Page 3           
          Application No. 08/270,851                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a mount for a                     
          camera-PC terminal.  An understanding of the invention can be               
          derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in               
          the appendix to the examiner's answer.                                      


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Guddee                   5,052,651                     Oct. 1,              
          1991                                                                        
          Tani                          5,318,257                     June            
          7, 1994                                                                     



               Claims 1 to 7, 9 to 17 and 19 to 23 stand rejected under               
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Guddee in view of                
          Tani.                                                                       


               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced              
          by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted                
          rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper                
          No. 14, mailed September 30, 1996) for the examiner's complete              
          reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellants'               







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