Appeal No. 2001-0052
Application No. 09/229,216
indicia which cannot be removed without destroying the flash.
Claim 2 is reproduced as follows:
2. A one-time-use camera which comprises a filmstrip,
and an electronic flash with a concave-shaped flash reflector
having a front open end and an inner side, a flash
illumination-producing flash tube inside said flash reflector,
and a light-transmitting flash cover-lens over said front open
end of the flash reflector, is characterized in that:
said flash reflector has integral depressed portions at
least some of which are differently shaped than the others to
form a readable message of different spatial forms that
constitute film identifying indicia visible from outside said
camera through said flash cover-lens to identify said
filmstrip, which are depressed beginning at said inner side,
and all of which are light-reflecting to the same extent as
the remainder of said flash reflector in order to reflect
flash illumination produced by said flash tube in concert with
the remainder of the flash reflector, and
said flash reflector is adhered to said flash tube to
prevent said flash reflector from being separated from said
flash tube to gain access to said depressed portions at said
inner side without breaking said flash tube.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Schmidt 3,484,597 Dec. 16, 1969
English et al. (English) 4,239,369 Dec. 16, 1980
Morisawa 5,651,601 Jul. 29, 1997
“Kodak Fun Saver 35” Camera, Manufacturer Serial Numbers KP
100904, P/N 3B0464, and ST 50.93. June, 1995.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as being
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