Appeal No. 2001-1768 Page 2
Application No. 09/285,787
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a storage cabinet. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the
Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Pichowicz 3,390,702 Jan. 6, 1976
LeSage 4,324,446 Apr. 13, 1982
Ellingsworth et al. (Ellingsworth) 5,242,048 Sep. 7, 1993
Ball (Canadian Patent) 494,936 Jul. 28, 1953
Claims 1-4, 7, 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over LeSage in view of Ellingsworth and Ball.
Claims 5, 6, 11 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over LeSage in view of Ellingsworth, Ball and Pichowicz.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 17) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 16) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 18) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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