Ex parte SPECTOR - Page 2




          Appeal No. 98-1254                                                          
          Application No. 08/579,588                                                  


               Donald Spector (the appellant) appeals from the final                  
          rejection of claims 1-15, the only claims present in the                    
          application.                                                                
               We REVERSE.                                                            
               The appellant's invention pertains to a greeting card                  
          having a detachable decal section that is formed therewith as               
          a one-piece construction.  The detachable decal section has an              
          image printed in a transferable ink and the remaining section               
          of the card has a message printed thereon in a non-                         
          transferable ink.  Independent claim 1 is further illustrative              
          of the appealed subject matter and a copy thereof may be found              
          in the appendix to the brief.                                               
               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Holoubek                      4,089,722                May  16,             
          1978                                                                        
          Feuer                         4,200,222                Apr. 29,             
          1980                                                                        
          Kennedy                  WO 88/01419                   Feb. 25,             
          1988                                                                        

               Claims 1-3, 5, 6 and 10-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.              
          § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Feuer in view of Holoubek.              



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