Ex Parte Reynolds - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2004-0356                                                        
          Application 09/811,993                                                      

          the base claim and any intervening claims.  Claims 1 through 60             
          have been canceled.                                                         

          As seen in Figures 1 and 11, appellant’s invention generally                
          relates to a cantilevered, deflectable, merchandising/advertising           
          display assembly (10) having illumination means (52) provided               
          thereon.  The merchandising display assembly is designed for                
          placement so as to extend transversely into a shopping aisle from           
          a merchandise storage site.  It is important to appellant that              
          advertising materials carried by the display assembly be viewable           
          from both sides of the display as customers are approaching the             
          display from either end of the shopping aisle, and that the                 
          display allow for temporary deflections should passersby                    
          inadvertently bump the display and thus deflect it from its usual           
          orthogonal position relative to the shopping aisle                          
          (specification, page 5).  As noted on page 16 of the                        
          specification,                                                              
               what the present invention offers is an at-or-proximate                
               shelf merchandising display device which is illuminated,               
               battery powered, and which serves to draw attention to a               
               variety of store goods.                                                



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