Appeal No. 2004-0366 Page 10
Application No. 09/848,044
Zachner's invention relates to a device equipped with advertisements designed
to reserve spaces or block streets or in exhibits. The device includes a pair of cables 1
extending between posts 5 and 6 to suspend signs 8 (plane facings containing
advertisements), as shown in Figure 1. A first end of each of the cables 1 is connected
directly to the post 5 by a loop 3. The upper cable 1 extends from the post 5 to the left
as shown in Figure 1 and is secured to the top of each of the signs 8. In a similar
fashion, the lower cable 1 extends from the post 5 to the left in a manner that engages
the lower edge of each of the signs 8. The other end of each of the cables 1 is
connected to a tension spring 7, which in turn, is connected by a hang-up hook 4 to the
post 6.
The appellants argue (brief, pp. 11-13) that (1) claim 1 is not anticipated by
Zachner since Zachner lacks the first and second weights (i.e., "each of said first and
second weights coupled respectively to a corresponding one of said first and second
cable segments, whereby tension is applied to each of said first and second cable
segments"); (2) claim 18 is not anticipated by Zachner since Zachner lacks "a weight
affixed to said cable segment, whereby tension is applied to said cable segment;"
(3) claim 21 is not anticipated by Zachner since Zachner lacks a sign suspended from
one cable segment having an axis, wherein the sign has first and second edges
oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis and the sign "being configured such that
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