Appeal No. 2004-0089 3
Application No. 09/949,327
As an initial matter, it is the appellant’s position that, “all the claims stand or fall
together.” See Brief, page 2. Accordingly, we select claim 1 as representative of the
claimed subject matter and limit our consideration thereto. See 37
CFR1.192(c)(7)(2003).
The Rejection under Section 103
The examiner proposes two alternative positions in the rejection of record. In the
first position, the only distinction between the primary reference to Luftig is in the term
“greeting.” See Answer, page 4. In an alternative position, the examiner considers it
obvious to the person having ordinary skill in the art to substitute a greeting card in place
of the accordion style letter of Luftig. Id. We sustain both positions.
Luftig is directed to an apparatus directed to a combination of a latter and an
envelope. See column 1, lines 4-8. We find that the combination contains addressee
information and a control number affixed to a letter. See column 1, lines 49-52. We find
that the envelope and letter combination are so constructed that an attention getting design
border is contiguous to the control number enclosed within the envelope. See column 1,
lines 55-61. We find that the envelope includes first and second windows. See column 1,
line 67 to column 2, line 1. We find a letter is provided with one area for addressee
information and a second area containing at least one number and a border area proximate
to the number. See column 2, lines 1-7. Two windows are present in the letter as
exemplified by numerals 28 for the first window and 30 for the second window. The
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