Appeal No. 2003-2167 Page 2
Application No. 09/903,500
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to envelope inserting equipment, and more
particularly to such equipment which is utilized by production mailers to send bills or
statements to their customers (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:
Hogan 5,699,528 Dec. 16, 1997
Comesanas 5,802,498 Sept. 1, 1998
Claims 12, 14, 15, 17 to 23, 25 to 27, 29 to 34 and 36 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Comesanas.
Claims 16, 24, 28 and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Comesanas in view of Hogan.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 12, mailed March 19, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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