Appeal No. 2001-0651
Application 08/134,187
three groupings of the claims. In accordance with the dictates
of 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), we have selected claim 1 from the first
grouping, claim 61 from the second grouping, and claim 26 from
the third grouping, and we shall decide the issues before us on
appeal on the basis of those claims alone. The remaining claims
of each of the three groupings will stand or fall with the claim
selected from the respective grouping.
Turning first to the examiner's rejection under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) based on Copley in view of Bradshaw, we note that Copley
discloses a form of “token” that falls within appellants’ broad
definition of this term set forth on page 5 of the specification.
More specifically, Copley deals with a new and improved mode of
ornamenting medals, buttons, and other similar articles of
manufacture (e.g., collectible or commemorative medallions, or
buttons, etc.). On page 3 of the examiner’s answer, it is
explained that Copley discloses a method of making a token that
is similar to that set forth in appellants’ claim 1 on appeal,
with the exception that Copley does not teach the step of
applying a protective coating over the inserted disk by filling
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