Appeal No. 2006-0260 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/139,678
The appellants’ invention relates to a system and method of controlling the
handling, movement and sensing of mail trays or other mail items into a single file
arrangement on a conveyor system for downstream processing (specification, page 1).
A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The Prior Art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Denker 4,889,224 Dec. 26, 1989
Terrell et al (Terrell) 5,950,800 Sep. 14, 1999
The Rejection
Claims 1 to 21 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Denker in view of Terrell.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed June 29, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed April 11, 2005) and reply brief (filed August 29, 2005)
for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
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