Appeal No. 2003-0156
Application 09/607,996
DISCUSSION
Bachrach, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
notebook binder 36 comprising front and back covers 34 and 25, a
ring binder 28, 30 for holding papers between the covers, a clear
vinyl sheet 44 sealed on three peripheral sides to the front
cover and open at the top to define a pocket, and a series of
graphically imprinted sheets 48, 50 sized for insertion into the
pocket. According to Bachrach, the user may write on the clear
vinyl sheet 44 with a marker (see column 3, lines 60 through 62).
As conceded by the examiner (see page 3 in the answer),
Bachrach does not respond to the limitations in the appellants’
independent claims calling for an ink receptive layer. As
indicated above, independent claim 1 requires the transparent
plastic sheet to be provided with an ink receptive layer
comprising a porous pigment dispersed in or mixed with a binder
including a water soluble polymer, and independent claim 10
requires the plastic sheet to be provided with a layer which is
receptive to water based inks, solvent based inks and gel inks
and substantially water-fast after drying of the ink. Similarly,
independent claim 5 requires a transparent sheet provided with a
layer which is receptive to water based inks, solvent based inks
and gel based inks and substantially water-fast after drying of
the ink, independent claim 12 requires a cover bearing an ink
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