Ex Parte KITANAKA et al - Page 11




                Appeal No. 2002-0074                                                                          Page 11                   
                Application No. 08/800,758                                                                                              


                        opened and the casket 22 pulled from the rack 20 over roller 48 onto the deck of                                
                        the pallet 24 which slides the slide assembly 40 outwardly into position to receive                             
                        another casket for storage.  When the caskets 22 are loaded on the pallet 24 the                                
                        stop assemblies 78 on each end are closed.                                                                      


                        After the scope and content of the prior art are determined, the differences                                    
                between the prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained.  Graham v. John                                    
                Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966).                                                                 


                Claim 11                                                                                                                
                        Claim 11 reads as follows:                                                                                      
                                A vertical installation system comprising:                                                              
                                a vertical installation structure extending in a longitudinal direction,                                
                        comprising:                                                                                                     
                                        placing stages on which information processing apparatuses are to                               
                                be installed, and                                                                                       
                                        supporting members supporting said placing stages so that said                                  
                                placing stages are vertically arranged; and                                                             
                                a moving structure capable of moving horizontally in the longitudinal                                   
                        direction of said vertical installation structure, said moving structure comprising:                            
                        stages on each of which at least one information processing apparatus is to be                                  
                        placed, each of said stages being vertically arranged so as to correspond                                       
                        vertically to each of said placing stages of said vertical installation structure, and                          
                                        prop supporting members supporting said stages so that said                                     
                                stages are vertically arranged and each of said stages is level with a                                  
                                corresponding one of said placing stages of said vertical installation                                  
                                structure, wherein said stages and said placing stages are positioned to                                
                                enable the transfer of the information processing apparatus from each of                                
                                said stages of said moving structure to a corresponding one of said                                     
                                placing stages of said vertical installation structure.                                                 








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