Appeal No. 1996-1244 Page 3 Application No. 08/082,782 The foils are described as having a printed circuit on one or both of their faces (specification, page 3). The claimed device serves to handle these foils so as to superimpose a number of them to form an anchored product that comprises a multi-layer pack (specification, page 2). A further understanding of the claimed invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Mintz 4,149,925 Apr. 17, 1979 Nakamura 4,599,122 Jul. 08, 1986 Claims 1-8 and 10-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Mintz. Claims 9 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Mintz as applied to claims 1-8 and 10-20, further in view of Nakamura. OPINIONPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007