Ex parte GUSDORF et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 98-1979                                                          
          Application 08/505,465                                                      


               Appellants’ invention pertains to an adjustable shelving               
          system.  An understanding of the invention can be derived from              
          a reading of exemplary claim 17, a copy of which appears in                 
          the Appendix to the brief (Paper No. 11).                                   

               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     

          Glaberson et al          3,221,893                     Dec.  7,             
          1965                                                                        
          (Glaberson)                                                                 
          Doherty                  3,918,670                     Nov. 11,             
          1975                                                                        
          Stroh                    3,993,002                     Nov. 23,             
          1976                                                                        
          Zimmerman                     4,858,773                     Aug.            
          22, 1989                                                                    
          Brewster                 5,039,046                     Aug. 13,             
          1991                                                                        


               The following rejections are before us for review.                     


               Claims 17, 18, and 21 through 23 stand rejected under                  
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stroh in view of                 
          Zimmerman.                                                                  


               Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                
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