Appeal No. 2003-0809 Page 5
Application No. 09/761,296
bidirectionally between the input/output ports and a storage location within the array of
storage locations since handler mechanism 5 or 35 is not part of the stocker 1. Thus,
even if it would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person of
ordinary skill in the art to have modified Asakawa by Endo as set forth in the rejection
before us in this appeal, the claimed subject matter would not have resulted.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1
to 4, 6 to 11, 13 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
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