Appeal No. 1996-2883
Application No. 08/172,466
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-32, which
constitute all the claims in the application. In response to
the brief on appeal, the examiner withdrew the rejection of
claims 4, 5, 15, 16, 19, 25, 26 and 32 [answer, page 2].
Therefore, this appeal is now directed to the rejection of
claims 1-3, 6-14, 17, 18, 20-24 and 27-31.
The disclosed invention pertains to a flexible
filmstrip holder which can secure filmstrips of a size smaller
than the size of the filmstrip for which the holder was
originally designed. At least two sheet members are secured
together to form a pocket, and the filmstrips can be slid into
and out of the pocket.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A flexible film holder designed to allow use of a
filmstrip of a first size in a printing or scanning apparatus
designed to receive filmstrips of a second size greater than
said first size, said flexible film holder comprising a first
sheet member and a second sheet member designed to be secured
2
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