Appeal No. 1999-0503
Application 08/744,207
to be adapters which engage the cubes 27. Clause (g) of claim
1 recites that the media storage element adapter engages the
store guide slot and the media storage element for holding the
media storage element in the slot and allowing the media
storage element to be removed from the slot. While we could
agree with the examiner that top and bottom portions 46 and 47
of cell 27 do engage slots 39 (36?) of the back plate, we
cannot agree with the examiner that these two faces of the
storage cell also engage the storage cell as recited in claim
1. For two elements to be engaged normally requires that the
two elements be brought together and interlocked or meshed in
some manner. Top and bottom portions 46 and 47 of Baxter are
not engaged with cell 27. Thus, without deciding the exact
definition to be attached to the word “adapter” in claim 1, we
find that Baxter does not teach an adapter engaging the store
guide slot and the media storage element as recited in the
claim.
We have considered alternative interpretations of Baxter, but
we are unable to find any reading of Baxter which meets the
recitations of clauses (g) and (h) of claim 1.
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