Ex Parte JOHNSTON - Page 5




          Appeal No. 2004-0404                                                        
          Application No. 08/992,878                                                  

          envelope includes a window opening B covered with a transparent             
          sheet C to permit the name and address to be seen for mailing               
          purposes.                                                                   
               Lewis discloses a multi-compartment envelope having                    
          transparent windows through which the contents of the                       
          compartments may be viewed.  The exemplary embodiment shown in              
          the drawing figures includes a compartment and translucent window           
          22 for automobile license plates and a compartment and                      
          translucent window 2 for a license card bearing the name and                
          mailing address of the party for whom the plates are intended.              
               Buttery discloses “paperboard cartons for packaging items              
          such as sliced meat products, e.g., bacon, and the like, and                
          provided with a window opening in the carton for inspection of              
          the contents contained therein” (column 1, lines 6 through 10).             
               Warfield discloses a packaging assembly 10 for compact discs           
          comprising a paperboard box 22 having a window 24 in its forward            
          wall 23, and a tiered support 20 for holding the compact discs 12           
          within the box such that they are visible through the window.               
          According to Warfield, “[t]he window 24 . . . can be any size,              
          provided the window 24 is large enough to enable a person looking           
          at the packaging assembly 10 to view at least fifty percent of              



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