Appeal No. 2004-1302
Application No. 09/789,757
Rejection (6)
Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Blanco in view of Wynalda and further in
view of Corey.
Claim 6 depends from claim 5 and adds that the rosette has a
bottom reference surface for resting the at least one storage
medium. Claim 7 depends from claim 6 and adds that the at least
one storage medium comprises plural storage media, and wherein
the bottom reference surface has a height sufficient to
accommodate the plural storage media on the rosette within the
tray.
The lower recessed cavity or well 22 of Blanco’s container
is shown (Figure 3 at elements 82) and described (see, for
example, column 4, lines 4-12) as receiving plural CDs.
Moreover, the insert of Wynalda includes a reference surface
(e.g., annular area 122 of the Figures 2 and 5 variation, annular
area 222 of the Figures 3 and 6 variation) upon which the CD
rests (column 3, lines 61-63). Combining these reference
teachings in the manner proposed by the examiner would yield a
container for holding plural CDs wherein the bottom CD rests on
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