Appeal No. 2002-1633
Application 09/281,093
(specification, page 1). Representative claim 1 reads as
follows:
1. A collating apparatus for collecting sample chips,
comprising:
a framework supporting a plurality of supply bins housing
sample chips and a track running adjacent the plurality of supply
bins;
at least one collection bin shaped and dimensioned for
movement on the track; and
at least one gantry for transferring sample chips from the
plurality of supply bins to the at least one collection bin when
the at least one collection bin is aligned with respective supply
bins.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 16 and 17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No.
4,824,306 to Stevenson.
Claims 3, 4, 7, 10 through 13, 15, 18 and 19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Stevenson.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 15 and 17) and to the examiner’s final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 8 and 16) for the respective
positions of the appellants and the examiner with regard to the
merits of these rejections.
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