Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – File folder or file envelope – Hanging type
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-07
2011-06-07
Pascua, Jes F (Department: 3782)
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
File folder or file envelope
Hanging type
Reexamination Certificate
active
07954694
ABSTRACT:
File folders are provided having bent hangers from which a receptacle is suspended so that the top of the receptacle is beneath a rail-engaging portion of the hangers and/or beneath a top of the rail or other supporting structure of office storage equipment. The hangers of the file folder may also be collapsible for use outside the office storage equipment. The hangers may also have a grip, or handle, for removal of the file folder from the office storage equipment.
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Find It Hanging File Folder with Innovative Top Rail, #FT07044, 3 pages, on www.amazon.com, showing first available at Amazon.com on Jun. 22, 2007 (believed to be incorrect), printed from internet on Apr. 4, 2009.
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Response to Examiner's Report
Chung Chanseol
DeCarlo Anthony J.
Perella Daniel V.
Taylor Curtis Patrick
Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
Ideastream Consumer Product, LLC
Pascua Jes F
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