Appeal No. 2003-1288 Page 2
Application No. 09/338,158
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to apparatus and methods for inserting coupons
into containers moving along a high volume handling system (specification, p. 1). A
copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Roetter et al. (Roetter) 4,261,497 Apr. 14, 1981
Lewis et al. (Lewis) 4,468,912 Sept. 4, 1984
Claims 5 to 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Roetter in view of Lewis.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 20, mailed December 20, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 19, filed November 5, 2002) and
reply brief (Paper No. 21, filed February 20, 2003) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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