Appeal No. 1997-1383
Application No. 08/217,392
Appellants argue "Appellant respectfully submits that
Nielsen does not suggest any association between turning pages
in a book and removing pages from one stack to another; this
further shows a clear difference between the nature of a book
and a stack of pages." (Brief-page 17.)
However, we find nothing in claim 1 relating to removing
pages or any differences attributable to distinctions in the
nature of a book. Moreover, Nielsen is not limited to the
traditional text or book where information is presented in a
sequential manner, first page one, then page two. Nielsen is
nonsequential, allowing a reader to determine the order of
reading pages (see Nielsen-page 1). Thus, just as Nielsen
allows a person to view any page (e.g. of a book) without
paging through sequentially, Levine’s aligned stack could be
improved with this teaching to access any page in the stack
without sequentially paging through the stack. With regard to
removing or moving pages from a stack, Levine clearly teaches
this capability. For placing a stamp/page in a stack, note
column 12, lines 40-43 where it states "Any other stamps 34
placed on stack 70 within the predetermined border edge limits
are also automatically aligned with the rest of the stamps in
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