Appeal No. 1997-4250
Application No. 08/405,366
F.2d 1044, 1052, 5 USPQ2d 1434, 1052 (Fed. Cir.), cert.
denied, 488 U.S. 825 (1988).
In order to solve several problems associated with the
retrieval of files from a file holder containing a plurality
of files, the appellant’s invention establishes a plurality of
file receiving openings, each of which is defined by a slanted
support surface and a pair of parallel side panels that are
substantially perpendicular to the slanted support surface and
are themselves slanted with respect to the front face of the
file holder at an angle other than a right angle. Limitations
establishing these relationships are present in all of the
claims. The invention, as illustrated in the drawings,
comprises a plurality of parallel upright panels (38) which
are slanted to the side and a plurality of support surfaces
(11) which are slanted downwardly. A file placed in these
file receiving openings is slanted to one side and downwardly,
thus exposing its upper corner as viewed from the side and the
top.
The examiner cites Hicinbothem for its showing of a file
holder defined by (see Figure 6) a support surface (430) and a
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