Appeal No. 1998-1965 Page 3
Application No. 08/357,325
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an office paneling
system with insert module. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 11 and 18
(the independent claims on appeal), which are set forth in the
opinion section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Miller 4,539,243 Sept. 3,
1985
Kelley et al. 5,038,539 Aug. 13,
1991
(Kelley)
Claims 11 to 15 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Miller.
Claims 1 to 7, 10 and 16 to 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kelley in view of
Miller.
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