Appeal No. 97-3400
Application 08/584,908
print sheet. The film sheet has a series of images recorded on
one side and a non-image area on the same side. The index print
sheet has a series of pictures on one side and a non-picture area
on the same side. According to the claim, the pictures on the
index print sheet “match the series of images recorded on said
film sheet” and the non-picture area of the index print sheet is
“in the same relative location as said non-image area on the film
sheet and [is] sized to permit the film sheet to be placed over
said non-picture area without covering any of the pictures.” In
addition, the index print sheet is provided with holding means
for releasably securing the film sheet to the non-picture area of
the index print sheet. Thus, it is clear that the picture and
non-picture areas on the claimed index print sheet and the image
and non-image areas on the claimed film sheet are positively
related to each other.
In rejecting this claim, the examiner has taken Official
Notice “that it is conventional to display photographs, film
negatives, transparent strips, or positive images in a
transparent photographic album with pockets” (answer, pages 3-
4). The examiner has also found that “Holson teaches providing4
4Appellant has not challenged the examiner’s taking of
Official Notice to the extent quoted.
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