Appeal No. 97-3068 Page 7
Application No. 08/389,904
recites that each of the guide means is laterally separated
from adjacent guide means.
Byfield discloses a rack for spooled wire. As shown in
Figure 1, the rack includes a plurality of shelves 12
containing numerous apertures 13 in which spindles 14 can be
inserted. On or near the outer edge of each shelf 12 is a
wire guide 16 through which wire from a spool of wire can be
drawn.
After the scope and content of the prior art are
determined, the differences between the prior art and the
claims at issue are to be ascertained. Graham v. John Deere
Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966).
Based on our analysis and review of Byfield and claim 1,
it is our opinion that one difference is the limitation that
the plurality of wire spool receiving compartments include a
first row of laterally disposed compartments and a second row
of laterally disposed compartments disposed at a vertical
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