Appeal No. 99-0952
Application 08/795,494
As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations
which follow.
We reverse the examiner’s rejection of claim 9 under
35 U.S.C. 102(b). It follows that we likewise revere the
rejection of claims 10 through 16 since, as earlier indicated,
these claims stand or fall with claim 9.
Claim 9 is drawn to a housing for storing disc-shaped
information carriers comprising, inter alia, a support plate
(15) which is flat on both sides and comprised in a central
portion of the housing so as to lie between lid parts when the
lid parts are closed, “said support plate extending
asymmetrically between said lid parts (10, 11) so as to form
two spaces (17, 18) of different sizes between each side of
the support plate and the facing lid part surface, each of
said spaces extending over substantially an entire side of
said support plate.”
Akin to the understanding of the examiner, we appreciate
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