Appeal No. 2000-0305 Page 12
Application No. 08/887,453
retaining (i.e., unchangeable shape) due to the material
thereof being flexible and thus fully capable of changing
shape.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 8 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Andersen is reversed.
Rejection (2)
We sustain the rejection of claims 1, 6 to 9, 11 and 12
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Alwitt.
Alwitt discloses a reversible, deformable camera carrying
case. Alwitt states (column 1, lines 53-61) that his
invention overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art, by
protecting the camera with a case of flexible, deformable
material with a latch included in the material in the form of
an aperture that slides over the case-covered lens portion of
the camera. The resiliency and deformability of the material
is such that one case
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