Appeal No. 97-4151
Application 08/379,181
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected under 35 USC
§ 103 as unpatentable over the following combinations of
references:
(1) Claims 1, 2, 8 to 12 and 18 to 20, Phibbs in view of
Trombly;
(2) Claims 3, 5, 6, 13, 15 and 16, Phibbs in view of
Trombly and Albert;
(3) Claims 7 and 17, Phibbs in view of Trombly and
Lackie.
Rejections Under 37 CFR 1.196(b)
(I) Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b), claims 1 to 3, 5 to 10,
12, 13 and 15 to 20 are rejected for failure to comply with
the second paragraph of 35 USC § 112, on the following
grounds:
(A) The recitation of a means for displaying in
lines 4 to 6 of claim 1 is indefinite. The claim recites a
“means . . . . for displaying a graphic item allowing said
means to include a display pocket”. This language is unclear
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