Appeal No. 95-1635
Application No. 07/928,703
in cameras such as shown by Miki and Maeno in a lens-fitted
photographic lens unit, which might be characterized as a single-
use, or “disposable” camera, as disclosed by Ohmura, Ohmura
already shows a “grip projection,” as claimed, in the film
transporting knob 7 in Figure 2. After all, claims 1 and 15 do
not require the grip projection to be in the front of the camera.
Therefore, it is our view that Miki and Maeno are not required
for such a teaching.
However, more importantly, claims 1 and 15 require that the
claimed outer cover, cardboard in claim 1 and plastic in claim
15, has “four flat sides interconnected by right-angle bend lines
that are parallel to each other and that lie flat against four
flat sides of said film unit...” Clearly, neither Miki nor Maeno
discloses or suggests such an outer cover in any way, shape or
form. Only Ohmura discloses an outer cover (because Ohmura is
the only applied reference directed to lens-fitted photographic
lens units) in Figures 8 and 10. However, even though Ohmura
discloses that the cover may be made of cardboard or plastic and
may have information printed thereon (column 1, lines 51-53), we
find no disclosure or suggestion therein that this cover has
“four flat sides interconnected by right-angle bend lines that
are parallel to each other and that lie flat against four flat
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