Ex parte LENKOFF - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-2386                                                        
          Application No. 08/757,749                                                  


          has been allowed (see Paper No. 10).                                        
               We REVERSE.                                                            


               The subject matter on appeal is directed to a combined                 
          sticker and invisible ink game including a booklet [3] having               
          at least one sheet containing an overall image printed                      
          thereon, the overall image including a first visibly printed                
          portion [9] and a continuous second invisibly printed portion               
          [11], a contact pen [7] for developing the invisible image                  
          portion to a visible image, and a third visible image portion               
          [17], e.g., a sticker, which can be located and associated                  
          with the developed second overall image portion [11].                       
               A copy of the appealed claims is appended to the Brief                 
          (Paper No. 13).                                                             
               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Engel et al. (Engel)     4,714,275                     Dec. 22,             
          1987                                                                        
          Kawashima                     5,215,956                     Jun.            
          01, 1993                                                                    
                   Claims 1 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §               
          103 as being unpatentable over Engel in view of Kawashima.                  

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