Appeal No. 1998-2903
Application No. 08/607,305
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a lens-fitted photographic film unit and method
of manufacturing the same. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 46, which is reproduced below.
46. A method of manufacturing a lens-fitted photographic film unit, said
lens-fitted film unit including a sprocket which is in mesh with perforations in
photographic film and which is rotated by said film by a predetermined angle
when said photographic film is advanced by one frame, and including a
shutter mechanism which is cocked responsive to rotation of said sprocket,
said photographic film unit being capable of exposing at least one additional
frame on said film than the number of exposures for which said film is rated,
said manufacturing method comprising:
setting said sprocket in a first rotated position in order to bring said
shutter mechanism into a predetermined first at least partially cocked state;
thereafter loading said photographic film into said lens-fitted film unit
while maintaining said shutter mechanism in said predetermined first state;
and
testing operability of said lens-fitted photographic film unit with said
photographic film installed by releasing said shutter mechanism.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Mochida et al. (Mochida) 4,954,857 Sep. 04, 1990
Claims 2-21, 33, and 46-48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Mochida.
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