Appeal No. 1998-2606
Application 08/446,415
35 U.S.C. § 103 of the combined teachings of Long and Fales,
we do not sustain the rejection of claims 14 and 15 for the
reasons set forth by appellants in the brief since the
combination of the two references provides no teachings or
suggestions that the rotatable disc 30 in Fales is made of
metal as required by claim 14 on appeal. On the other hand,
we do sustain the rejection of claim 16 since the showing in
Figure 2 of Fales indicates that a transparent window 36 has
an image thereon. The additional reliance upon Whittlesey as
to dependent claim 17 in a separate rejection merely
buttresses that showing already depicted in Figure 2 of Fales
of the opaque nature of the coating disposed thereon to form
the image. Whittlesey utilizes a discontinuous coating 24 to
provide the basis of the desired symbols or markings 25 on the
transparent plate 20 in the Figure 2 showing.
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