Appeal No. 1998-0357
Application 08/258,429
Claims 18 through 21, 24 through 31 and 33 through 40
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Newhouse in view of Grund, taken with or without Arnold,
and further in view of Gutmann.
Reference is made to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 23)
and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 24) for the basic
positions of the appellants and the examiner with regard to
the merits of these rejections. As noted below, the
appellants’ counsel has since conceded that certain of the
claims on appeal recite unpatentable subject matter.
With regard to the rejection of claims 41 through 46,
Gutmann discloses a cabinet module for use with a computer
work station. The module includes a base frame 7 consisting
of a longitudinal beam 8, two lateral beams 9 and 10 and two
plug-in beams 12 and 13 which can be inserted into the open
ends of lateral beams 9 and 10 for additional stability, a
vertical support column 14 extending upwardly from the base
frame 7 and a cabinet body 1 adjustably mounted on the
vertical support column.
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