Ex Parte Brett - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2006-0160                                                               Page 2                
              Application No. 10/029,818                                                                               


                                                   BACKGROUND                                                          
                     The appellant's invention relates to a method of displaying jewelry, such as                      
              rhinestone jewelry, on a person at a location on which a cosmetic is typically applied on                
              said person, the method including using an adhesive bandage, applying an adhesive                        
              deposit in a viscous state on the surface of the gauze pad portion of the bandage                        
              opposite the side to be applied to the person’s skin such that the adhesive flows within                 
              venting openings in the bandage, applying a rhinestone jewelry display onto the                          
              adhesive deposit, allowing the adhesive deposit to cure to permanently attach the                        
              jewelry display thereto and attaching the adhesive bandage, with attached rhinestone                     
              jewelry display on the person.  A copy of the claim under appeal is set forth in the                     
              appendix to the appellant's brief.                                                                       


                                                  Applied Prior Art                                                    
              Arginsky    Des. 340,988    Nov. 2, 1993                                                                 
              Vesey     6,455,752    Sep. 24, 2002                                                                     
              Amen-Ra A    6,472,039    Oct. 29, 2002                                                                  


                     The following rejections are before us for review.                                                
                     The claim stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as containing                   
              subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to                          








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