Appeal No. 2002-2125
Application No. 09/078,914
column 4, line 17 regarding the transparency of the paper used for
printing the labels. Taken together, they teach one of skill in
the art that the labels need not be perfectly transparent.
Further, the claimed subject matter recites only a “partially
transparent contrast panel.” The specification, page 3, lines 7-
13 provides that:
A contrast panel, which forms a text panel, is applied to the
exposed border region of each printed product, and the
contrast panel forms a contrast with respect to the
information which is to be applied. This ensures that the
information always appears in contrast with respect to its
surroundings and thus can be seen and read easily.
The appellants urge, and have provided two examples which
they assert support this point of view, that the panel itself
constitutes a contrast to the underlying cover printing and helps
to direct the user’s look to the panel. (Appeal Brief, page 8,
lines 2-16; see also unnumbered document dated October 31, 2001
entitled “Submittal of Exhibits Under 37 CFR 1.195.”)
It is well settled that a prior art reference is relevant for
all that it teaches to those of ordinary skill in the art. In re
Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1264, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1782 (Fed. Cir.
1992). See also In re Azorlosa, 44 CCPA 826, 241 F.2d 939, 941,
113 USPQ 156, 158 (1957), which holds, in pertinent part, that it
is proper for the court and necessarily, the board, to consider
everything that a reference discloses.
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