Appeal No. 97-2504
Application 08/200,707
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner's rejection of claims 1 and 3. Claims 2 and
4-6 have been cancelled. Claims 7-9 stand withdrawn from
consideration as being directed to a nonelected invention.
The claimed invention pertains to a container casing for
housing a recording media therein. More particularly, the
invention is directed to external layers on the casing which
allow for color designs to be formed and areas in which writing
can be formed.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A container casing for a recording media having a main
casing member having the recording media housed therein,
comprising:
a highly adhesive layer formed on an outer surface of said
main casing member;
an ink receptive layer provided on said adhesive layer;
a colored layer printed on said ink receptive layer;
a protective layer printed on said colored layer for
protecting the colored layer; and
means defining an opening in said protective layer for
exposing a part of said colored layer and defining an area of
said colored layer which is unprotected and on which writing can
be formed.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Cocco et al. (Cocco) 4,996,681 Feb. 26, 1991
Sugaya et al. (Sugaya) 2,203,278 Oct. 12, 1988
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