Appeal No. 2000-0788 Page 9
Application No. 09/017,618
§ 103 in light of the prior art of record and the following
prior art not of record: (1) U.S. Patent No. 5,586,786 which
teaches an easel show file display book which utilizes a
plurality of transparent envelopes; (2) U.S. Patent No. 1
5,836,614 which teaches alternative orientation of books in
Figures 1 and 2; and (3) U.S. Patent No. 3,028,178 which seems
to teach that the book's hinge can be placed at either the top
(Figure 7) or side (Figure 1). In addition, the examiner
should determine whether or not it was old and well known in
the art at the time the invention was made that storytelling
books had two alternative orientations, one orientation being
with the binding of the book being on the left side of the
book and the other orientation being with the binding of the
book being at the top of the book.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1 to 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. In
1The examiner should determine if an artisan would have
understood that the transparent envelopes contained pages
having indicia thereon.
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