Appeal 2007-0986
Application 10/214,370
Appellants contend that neither reference teaches nor would have
suggested to the skilled artisan a file folder system with addressable switches
as set forth in the claims on appeal. (Br. 16).
We sustain the rejections as to claims 1 to 12, 25 to 51, 53, and 54,
and reverse the rejections as to claims 13 to 24 and 52.
ISSUE
Is a file folder system with addressable switches taught by or would
have been suggested to the skilled artisan by either Carroll or Wakura?
FINDINGS OF FACT
Appellants describe a file tracking system that comprises a processor
20 and a database therein that maintains file folder information that includes
file location, and a unique address of each file folder 70 (Figure 15). A
furniture unit (e.g., a file cabinet 50) holds a plurality of the file folders. An
addressable switch 76 located on each file folder is in communication with
the processor via a wireless link (Figures 3, 4, and 15).
Wakura describes a file tracking system that comprises a processor 1
and a database therein that maintains file folder information that includes file
location (col. 7, ll. 17 to 30), and a unique address of each file folder 11
(Figure 4; col. 6, l. 66 to col. 7, l. 4). A furniture unit (e.g., a file cabinet 10)
holds a plurality of the file folders. An addressable switch 8 (LED with its
own unique address) is located on each file folder, and is in communication
with the processor via a wireless link (i.e., infrared).
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