Appeal No. 1999-0213 Page 5
Application No. 08/814,550
than its ordinary meaning. Although the compartments in
Vaccaro’s front and rear sections, because of their sloping top
surfaces, are not as deep overall as the center section, it
does not necessarily follow that they are “beneath the level of
said center section.”
Since Vaccaro does not disclose every limitation recited
in claim 1, expressly or inherently, it does not anticipate
that claim. See In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477, 44
USQP2d 1429, 1431 (Fed. Cir. 1997). Claims 2, 3, 5 to 11, 13,
14, 16 to 21 and 23, all of which are directly or indirectly
dependent on claim 1, are likewise not anticipated.
Conclusion
The examiner’s decision to reject claims 1 to 3, 5 to 11,
13, 14, 16 to 21 and 23 is reversed.
REVERSED
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