Appeal No. 1999-0632 Page 3
Application No. 08/744,692
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a desk system
comprising a work surface, a cabinet disposed over the work
surface and having a plurality of connected panels defining a
cabinet interior, and a support structure including support
stanchions extending upwardly completely through the work
surface and completely through a lower panel of the cabinet.
The cabinet is fixedly attached to the upper end portions of
the stanchions. A copy of the claims on appeal is contained2
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:
Friedman 3,125,385 Mar. 17,
1964
Boundy et al. (Boundy) 4,762,072 Aug. 9,
1988
Simonton et al. (Simonton) 5,130,494 Jul. 14,
1992
It appears to us that the appellant's Figure 2 may be inconsistent2
with other portions of the appellant's disclosure in that the portions (50) of
the stanchions (48) do not appear to be illustrated in Figure 2 as extending
through the cabinet bottom (64) and into the cabinet interior; only the cover
plate (56) seems to be illustrated within the cabinet interior. Figure 3 and
page 5, lines 17-24, of the specification, on the other hand, suggest that the
portions (50) extend through the cabinet bottom into the cabinet interior.
The examiner may wish to address this issue in the event of any further
prosecution.
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