Appeal No. 2006-0813
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,235
scope a wireless keyboard which can be removed from and used some distance from the
cart itself. Claims 17-34 do not require removable data entry means. Rather, these claims
require that the cart include a removable partition between adjacent drawers so that the
drawers may be reconfigured by the user by removing the partition and adjacent drawers
and replacing them with a single large drawer.
At oral argument in response to a question from the bench, counsel stated that the
appeal could be decided based solely upon the issues related to the removable data entry
means and the removable partition means limitations and it was not necessary for us to
consider the other issues. Accordingly, we shall decide this appeal based upon
representative Claims 1 and 17. Cf. 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii). Claims 1 and 17 which are
reproduced below:
1. A portable nursing center comprising:
a) a housing having a base and a plurality of wheels attached to
the base;
b) a plurality of drawers carried by the housing, each of said
drawers being movable between a given position and a closed
position at least some drawers sized and configured for holding
pharmaceutical items which have been prescribed for a
specific patient;
c) a control unit for locking at least some of said drawers to
prevent access thereto, said control unit including data entry
means for entry of predetermined access data and other data,
wherein the data entry means is removable from the nursing
center and contains a transmitter for transmitting entered data
to a transmitter/receiver, locking means for locking and
unlocking the at least some of said drawers and a processing
unit with an associated memory for unlocking at least one
drawer in response to entry of access data and recording at
least a portion of the access data; and
d) a transmitter/receiver connected to the control unit for
transmitting selected access data and other data from the
portable nursing center to a remote receiver and for receiving
data from a remote transmitter, the nursing center being sized
and constructed so that when filled with pharmaceuticals and
other nursing items, the nursing center can be moved through
a nursing area by a single nurse.
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