Appeal No. 97-2423
Application 08/275,964
a cartridge access station for loading and
unloading said cartridges; and
an accessor moved along a predetermined movement
path for transferring said cartridges between said cell
unit, said drive unit, and said cartridge access
station;
a bar code reader for reading bar codes on the
cartridges; and
a rotatable table for rotating a cartridge placed
thereon with respect to said bar code reader, said bar
code reader reading a bar code from the cartridge
placed, by said accessor, on said rotatable table.
The examiner relies on the following prior art:
Smith et al. (Smith) 4,717,090 January 5, 1988
Simone 4,907,889 March 13, 1990
Claims 1-4, 6, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Simone and Smith.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 11) (pages
referred to as "EA__") and the Supplemental Examiner's
Answer (Paper No. 14) (pages referred to as "SEA__") for a
statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper
No. 10) (pages referred to as "Br__") and the Reply Brief
(Paper No. 12) (pages referred to as "RBr__") for a
statement of appellant's position. The Reply Brief
Addressing Supplemental Examiner's Answer received
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