Appeal No. 2006–0377 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/066,085
The appellant's invention relates to a device for collecting printed sheets in a
certain sequence astride and atop one another to form a printed product (specification,
p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
THE PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Osako et al. (Osaka) 5,678,813 Oct. 21, 1997
Müller 6,315,107 Nov. 13, 2001
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
Müller.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Osako.
Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Müller.
Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Osako.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
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