Appeal No. 2002-2155
Application No. 09/003,276
personal letter for protection of privacy. More particularly, as
indicated on page 2 of the specification, the invention includes
selecting means for selecting a confidential mode and control
means which, when the confidential mode is selected, controls the
folding means and stapling means of the system to fold a sheet in
two with the formed image inside and staple the folded sheet
along a side opposite the fold. Independent claims 1, 10, 14 and
16 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy
of those claims can be found in the Appendix to appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Higashio et al. 5,060,921 Oct. 29, 1991
(Higashio)
Kanou et al. 5,769,404 Jun. 23, 1998
(Kanou)
Claims 1, 3, 5 through 7 and 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kanou.
Claims 8 and 10 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kanou in view of Higashio.
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