Appeal No. 97-3195
Application 08/387,419
Appellant’s invention pertains to a divider for use in a
stacking system for shipping of a product in multiple layers on a
pallet and to a stacking system for a product in multiple layers
on a pallet. An further understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 4, and 11, copies
of which appear in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 16).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Griffin, Jr. (Griffin) 4,000,704 Jan. 4, 1977
Sanders et al. (Sanders) 4,183,491 Jan. 15, 1980
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1 through 3, 7, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Sanders.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sanders.
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