Appeal No. 1999-1502
Application 08/600,060
work surfaces 12, 11 would face sideways, rather than being
“upward facing” as required by claim 1.
Accordingly, the rejection of claim 1, and therefore of
dependent claims 2, 3, 6 and 7, will not be sustained.
Rejection Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b), claims 1 to 3 are rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Harman, which
discloses a base unit with first upright end portion 12, 13,
16, 22, 46, 47, and second upright end portion 11, 14, 18; an
upward facing work surface 25; and a pivoting table top 34.
There is
also a vertically elongate support 35, 80 depending from table
top 34, a pivot means 38, 39 permitting top 34 to pivot
horizontally around an upright-oriented axis, and height
adjustable means in support 35 (page 2, lines 54 to 104). As
for claim 2, there is an actuator 63 mounted on table top 34,
and as for claim 3, support 35 includes telescoping members
36, 37.
Remand to the Examiner
Harman does not disclose the height adjustment means
recited in claim 4 or the locking means recited in claims 6 to
5
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