Appeal No. 97-3000
Application 08/370,867
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 15, all of the claims pending in
this application.2
Appellant's invention relates to a frame for pictorial
matter, such as hobby cards and photographs. As best seen in
Figures 3 through 9 and 14, the frame includes front and back
viewing panels (16) of clear plastic formed as window modules
(18) and (20) respectively, top and bottom edge members (50), and
opposite side edge members (90). Each of the top, bottom and
opposite side edge members includes a channel (e.g., 78, 104)
along its inner side for closely receiving therein respective
top, bottom, and opposite side areas of the window modules (18,
20). When assembled together with the viewing panels, the ends
of the top and bottom edge members are secured to the ends of the
opposite side edge members via securing posts (68, 70) on the top
2Claim 1 has been amended (subsequent to the final
rejection) in a paper filed December 13, 1996 (Paper No. 7). As
indicated in the advisory action mailed January 10, 1997 (Paper
No. 8) the rejection of claims 1 through 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, in the final rejection has been overcome by the
above-noted amendment.
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