Ex parte KENNEY - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1998-3316                                                        
          Application No. 08/203,300                                                  


          appellant and the examiner.  As a consequence of our review,                
          we make the determinations which follow.                                    


               We cannot sustain the rejection of appellant's claims                  
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based upon the applied reference                      
          combination.  Our reasoning appears below.                                  


               Claim 1 is drawn to a print holder comprising, inter                   
          alia, front and rear molded transparent plastic pieces, each                
          piece comprising a generally planar upright portion having                  
          side edges permanently united together, a central portion of                
          at least one of the pieces having an inwardly recessed portion              
          defining with the other piece a generally continuous                        
          uninterrupted pocket having an upper opening at an upper end,               
          and a lower opening of a length less than the length of the                 
          upper opening, whereby a sheet member can be inserted and                   
          retained in the pocket and may be dislodged upwardly through                
          the upper opening by applying a thin bladed rod through the                 
          lower opening.                                                              


               We turn now to the evidence of obviousness.                            
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