Appeal No. 97-3347
Application No. 08/302,864
Appellants’ invention pertains to a mask. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears below.
1. A mask for superimposing upon a
photograph having a portion which is to be
accentuated, characterized by the mask being
made of a thin sheet having an opaque,
peripheral region which, across a transitional
zone, gradually fades out into a transparent,
central area.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
James 816,861 Apr. 3, 1906
Sibley 3,587,187 Jun. 28, 1971
Blegen 5,261,174 Nov. 16, 1993
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Sibley in view of James.
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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