Appeal No. 2000-0116
Application No. 08/950,539
independent form.
The appealed claims are drawn to a method of advancing a
confidential sheet within a document security apparatus, and
an apparatus for advancing a confidential sheet. They are
reproduced in the appendix of appellant’s brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Aronsen 5,335,478 Aug. 9,
1994
Kramer 5,341,625 Aug. 30,
1994
Underwood 5,547,181 Aug.
20, 1996
Lee 5,566,528 Oct. 22,
1996
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the following combinations
of references:
(1) Claims 1 to 6, 11 to 14 and 16 to 19, Lee in view of
Underwood and Aronsen.
(2) Claims 7, 8 and 20, Lee in view of Underwood, Aronsen and
Kramer.
Rejection (1)
In the final rejection (Paper No. 7), the examiner states
the basis of this rejection on page 2 as follows:
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