Appeal No. 2000-1871 Page 2
Application No. 08/907,398
The appellant's invention relates "generally to loose
leaf binders, portfolios and similar paper storage items and
relates more particularly to a novel paper storage item and
method of making the same" (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Moor et al. 5,219,437 June 15,
1993
(Moor)
Desmarais et al. 5,449,428 Sep. 12,
1995
(Desmarais)
Claims 1 to 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Moor in view of Desmarais.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the first Office action (Paper
No. 5, mailed December 28, 1998) and the answer (Paper No. 12,
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