Ex parte LORBER - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1998-3295                                                                                     Page 2                        
                 Application No. 08/054,223                                                                                                             


                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                           
                          The appellant's invention relates to a combined greeting                                                                      
                 card and record sleeve.  An understanding of the invention can                                                                         
                 be derived from a reading of claim 2, which appears in the                                                                             
                 appendix to the appellant's brief.                                                                                                     


                          The prior art references of record relied upon by the                                                                         
                 examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                                                                                         
                 Shore                                        3,426,960                                             Feb. 11,                            
                 1969                                                                                                                                   
                 Rappaport                                             783,277       2                              July 10,                            
                 1935                                                                                                                                   
                                                              (French)                                                                                  



                          Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                                        
                 unpatentable over Shore in view of Rappaport.                                                                                          


                          Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced                                                                     
                 by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted                                                                            


                          2In determining the teachings of Rappaport, we will rely                                                                      
                 on the translation provided by the PTO.  A copy of the                                                                                 
                 translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.                                                                               







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