Appeal No. 2002-0074 Page 2
Application No. 08/800,758
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a vertical installation system in which
information processing apparatuses are to be installed. A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the supplemental appendix to the appellants' appeal brief (Paper
No. 41, filed April 27, 2001).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Evans 3,567,039 March 2, 1971
Devening 4,941,578 July 17, 1990
Claims 11 and 14 to 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Devening.
Claims 11 to 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Evans.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 33, mailed August 15, 2000) and the answer (Paper No. 42, mailed
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