Appeal No. 1998-2358 Page 2
Application No. 08/396,243
the requirement that they be rewritten to include all the
subject matter of the claims from which they depend.
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
The appellants' invention pertains to (1) a stacker for
stacking forms, (2) a cart for transporting forms received from
the stacker and (3) a system utilizing such a stacker and cart.
Independent claims 1, 11 and 21 are further illustrative of the
appealed subject matter and copies thereof may be found in the
appendix to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Anderson, Jr et al. (Anderson) 3,883,131 May 13,
1975
Breski et al. (Breski) 4,416,653 Nov. 22,
1983
Chandhoke et al. (Chandhoke) 4,541,763 Sep.
17, 1985
Schultz et al. (Schultz) 5,061,233 Oct.
29, 1991
Cardenas 5,190,281 Mar. 2,
1993
The claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
in the following manner:
(1) Claims 1, 6 and 8-10 as being unpatentable over
Cardenas in view of Breski;
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