Appeal No. 1999-0913
Application No. 08/723,330
protective layer 34 cannot be considered a write-resistant
exposed surface, inasmuch as it is disclosed with a display
portion 5 thereon. In this respect, the examiner cannot rely
on display portion 5 as variable information on the one hand,
and surface 34 as a write-resistant surface, since it shows
display portion 5 lying thereon.
For the foregoing reasons it is our finding that the
Takeuchi disclosure is not evidence of lack of novelty with
respect to the claimed subject matter.
REVERSED
NEAL E. ABRAMS )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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