Appeal No. 2002-0267 Page 5
Application No. 09/440,496
(CCPA 1969). Insofar as the references themselves are concerned, we are bound to
consider the disclosure of each for what it fairly teaches one of ordinary skill in the art,
including not only the specific teachings, but also the inferences which one of ordinary
skill in the art would reasonably have been expected to draw therefrom. See In re Boe,
355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA 1966) and In re Preda, 401 F.2d 825,
826, 159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
Claim 64 reads as follows:
A coin display, comprising:
a board having at least a first section and a second section which are
foldable relative to one another along a fold line, wherein the board bears
an outline of the continental United States, and an outline of each
individual state within the continental United States;
for each state within the continental United States, a separate opening in
the board, including a first opening disposed within the first section and at
least partially inside the outline of a first state within the continental United
States, and a second opening disposed within the section and at least
partially inside the outline of a second state of the continental United
States, wherein each opening is disposed away from the fold line, and
each opening has a diameter of approximately 15/16 of an inch; and
a coin bearing the name of a particular state within the continental United
States, wherein the coin is secured with the opening for the particular
state.
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