Appeal No. 98-2123
Application No. 08/326,669
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
The appellants' invention pertains to a wallet card
having a sleeve adapted to removably receive an elongated
function member such as a medical test strip or thermometer
strip. Independent claims 1 and 32 are further illustrative
of the appealed subject matter and copies thereof may be found
in the APPENDIX to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Cohan 3,792,542 Feb. 19,
1974
Gee, Sr. (Gee) 3,958,690 May
25, 1976
Palti 4,588,307 May 13,
1986
Grover 4,619,469 Oct. 28,
1986
The claims on appeal stand rejected in the following
manner:
(1) Claims 1-4, 8-11, 13-16, 18-23 and 27-30 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Grover;
(2) Claims 1-4, 8-15, 17-22 and 27-32 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Gee;
(3) Claim 33 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Cohan in view of Grover; and
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