Appeal No. 2000-0513
Application 08/803,047
over Fry in view of Maldanis.
V. New ground of rejection.
Claims 16, 18 and 23 through 27 are rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Thurman.
Under principles of inherency, the limitations in
independent claim 16 relating to the “order workstation,” the
“dispenser for dispensing order envelopes,” the “writing
surface,” the “collection bin,” the “pair of display sections”
and the “display tower” read on, respectively, the area to the
left of Thurman’s case as shown in Figure 3, drawers 13, table
8, drawers 12, either of the opposite sets of shelves 11 or
drawers 14, and the base 2/cabinet 1. The limitations in
claim 18 relating to the display tower “base portion” and
“case section” read on, respectively, Thurman’s base 2 and
cabinet 1. The limitations in claim 23 relating to the
“movable” display section and in claim 24 relating to the
“slidably mounted” display section read on Thurman’s drawers
14. The limitation in claim 25 relating to the “dispenser”
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