Appeal No. 2004-0376 Page 2
Application No. 09/457,286
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a system for automatically storing and
dispensing pre-packaged pharmaceutical products and other products (specification, p.
1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
van Elten et al. (van Elten) 4,787,803 Nov. 29, 1988
Killinger 5,364,220 Nov. 15, 1994
Yuyama et al. (Yuyama) 5,988,858 Nov. 23, 1999
Claims 1 to 8, 10 to 14, 16 and 18 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
as being anticipated by van Elten.
Claims 1 to 8, 10 to 14, 16 to 24 and 26 to 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(a) as being anticipated by Killinger.
Claims 23 to 25, 29, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Killinger.
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