Appeal No. 1998-1969 Page 2
Application No. 08/535,708
objected to as depending from a non allowed claim (answer, p.
4). Thus, claims 13 through 16 remain on appeal.2
We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a dispensing device
(claims 15 and 16) and a method of dispensing items (claims 13
and 14). An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 13 and 15, which appear in
the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hotaling 1,285,187 Nov. 19,
1918
Crawford et al. 5,363,987 Nov. 15,
1994
(Crawford)
2The appellant's amendment after final (Paper No. 5,
filed July 14, 1997) was not entered by the examiner (see
paper No. 6, mailed July 25, 1997.
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