Appeal No. 2001-0651
Application 08/134,187
Fabbiani and its layers (10a, 10b), wherein a portion of layer
(10b) which covers the hologram (5) also covers a portion of the
layer (10a) that is applied to the support (2). The examiner
further notes that Fabbiani indicates that one protective coating
layer could also be used. From those teachings the examiner has
concluded that
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in
the art at the time the invention was made to have provided
in Copley a protective coating in each cavity to prevent
scratching of the disk where the protective coating includes
a first protective layer and a second layer [sic] protective
layer because Bradshaw teaches a protective coating within a
cavity prevent scratching of a decorative disk thereunder
and Fabbiani teaches that for a similar product (small hand-
held exchangeable item bearing information) one can use one
or two protective coatings and it is obvious to replace one
protective coating (one layer in Copley, modified,) with
another art recognized protective coating (two layers as
shown by Fabbiani) (answer, page 6).
Like the examiner, we note that claims 26, 56, 92 and 128,
as well as the other product-by-process claims in this
application, are independent claims written in a shorthand format
and are not dependent claims. In each of claims 26, 56, 92 and
128 on appeal, the token defined therein includes an imprinted
disk inserted into a cavity in the metal blank, a first
protective coating partially filling the cavity and the remainder
of the cavity being filled with a second protective coating.
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