Appeal No. 2000-0514
Application No. 09/063,446
upwardly extending shelf supporting hooks on each collar
integral with the collar and extending outwardly parallel to
one another from the open front face, and shelving interacting
with the hooks of the collars to thereby connect the shelving
to the support posts.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Champagne 4,079,678 Mar.
21, 1978
Nicely 4,750,626 Jun. 14,
1988
THE REJECTION
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Nicely in view of Champagne.
Attention is directed to the appellant's brief (Paper No.
7) and to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 8) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.
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