Appeal 2007-1558
Application 10/635,362
4. The term handwritten is commonly defined as something that is
written by hand. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 565 (11th ed. 2005).
5. The Specification does not provide any special meaning to the term
handwritten nor does it utilize the term contrary to its customary meaning.
6. The term permanent is commonly defined as something that continues
or endures without fundamental or marked change i.e., lasting. Merriam-
Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 922 (11th ed. 2005).
7. The Specification does not provide any special meaning to the term
permanently nor does it utilize the term contrary to its customary meaning.
8. In one embodiment disclosed in the Specification writings to be stored
are written directly on the surface of a drawer with a writing instrument
(Specification ¶ 0021).
9. In another embodiment, the writings are written on some medium
other than the surface of the furniture and then attached to the surface of the
furniture by adhesive (Specification ¶ 0022).
10. Nowhere in the Specification is there any indication or suggestion that
one embodiment is more lasting than the other.
11. McClintock teaches a piece of furniture, specifically, a tablet-file case,
designed for storing abstracts of deeds affecting real property (McClintock 1:8-10).
12. The tablet-file case is divided into a series of sections, each section
containing a series of file-receptacles, such as drawers 4, and vertical and
horizontal strips 5, 6 jointed together to form compartments 3 of the desired size
(McClintock 1:57-63).
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