Appeal No. 1998-2673
Application 08/557,138
appeal. Independent claim 19 was amended in the amendment
filed April 17, 1997, the communication to which the9
examiner’s final Office action is said to respond. The
correct version of independent claim 19 is reproduced below:
A value-bearing document, which comprises:
a carrier member denominated with a value and having
a planar surface and a depressed surface, said depressed
surface including an opening formed in said carrier
member, said planar surface including a security element;
and
an at least partially transparent cover foil mounted
on said depressed surface and covering said opening.
As we indicated at the outset, the sole issue before us
is whether claims 19, 21, 30 and 31 are properly rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Lee in view of
Kaule. After a review of the record as a whole, we are in
agreement with appellants that the examiner has not made out a
prima facie case of obviousness. Accordingly, we are
constrained to reverse.
The value-bearing document of claim 19 requires a carrier
member having a planar surface and a depressed surface, with
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