Ex parte BALDWIN - Page 12




          Appeal No. 1999-2243                                                        
          Application 08/567,081                                                      



          the claimed cart with a cash receptacle, as discussed above in              
          connection with rejection (3).                                              
          Rejections (5) and (6)                                                      
                    These rejections will not be sustained because the                
          additional references applied, Evans and Jones, do not supply               
          the deficiencies noted in the preceding discussions of rejec-               
          tions (3) and (4).                                                          
          Rejections Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)                                    
                    Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter the follow-               
          ing new grounds of rejection:                                               
          (I) Claims 16 to 19 and 31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.                     
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Losi, which discloses a cart               
          having a box structure, a cash receptacle 69, and central                   
          wheels 10 projecting below casters 12, 14.  The Losi cart is                
          not a "casino change"                                                       
          cart, as recited in the preamble of claim 16, but this recita-              
          tion does not constitute a claim limitation because it recites              
          no structural limitations of the claimed invention, but                     
          rather, a structurally complete invention is defined in the                 
          body of the claim, and the preamble merely states the purpose               

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