Appeal 2007-1799
Application 10/036,991
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Call. Claims 2 and 3 fall together with
claim 1.
Obviousness:
Claims 4-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combination of Call and Stirling. Appellants identify two claim
groupings (1) claims 4-12 and (2) claims 13-15. Accordingly, we limit our
discussion to representative claims 4 and 13. Claims 5-12 will stand or fall
with claim 4. Claims 14 and 15 will stand or fall with claim 13. 37 C.F.R.
§ 41.37(c)(1)(vii).
Claim 4:
Claim 4 depends from and further limits the sanitizer module element
in the system of claim 1. Specifically, claim 4 requires that the sanitizer
module comprises:
1. A first set of guide walls, wherein each guide wall is positioned
parallel to the feed path and the guide walls face each other to form an alley
along the feed path;
2. A second set of guide walls that are positioned along the feed path
but downstream of the first set of guide walls to form a gap along the feed
path between the first set of guide walls and the second set of guide walls.
Claim 4 requires that each guide wall in the second set of guide walls is
positioned parallel to the feed path and the guide walls face each other to
form an alley along the feed path; and
3. A sanitization apparatus positioned along the feed path in the area
of the gap created by the first set and second set of guide walls. In addition,
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