Appeal No. 2001-0052
Application No. 09/229,216
English, the rejection of claim 2 under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) is
reversed.
Finally, we turn to the rejection of claim 2 under 35
U.S.C. 103.
The examiner contends that the instant claimed subject
matter would have been obvious over either one of Morisawa or
Schmidt, either one allegedly disclosing the claimed subject
matter but for “film identifying indicia visible from outside
[the] said camera through [the] flash cover-lens” in the form
of “integral depressed portions” of the flash reflector, over
the Kodak Fun Saver 35 camera, alleged to provide for the
deficiencies of the two primary references.
Appellants present no arguments disputing the teachings
of either Morisawa or Schmidt. Instead, appellants focus on
the Kodak Fun Saver 35 camera. They contend that any number
portions on the body of the Kodak Fun Saver 35 camera are not
“light-reflecting,” as required by claim 2, since these number
portions must be black-colored, like the body. Appellants
also state that they believe these number portions to be
“raised” rather than “depressed,” as claimed. Appellants
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