Ex Parte McIntyre et al - Page 1



        The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not          
        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.          
                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                               ____________                                         
                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                             
                            AND INTERFERENCES                                       
                                ____________                                        
               Ex parte DALE F. McINTYRE, CHRISTOPHER C. CEGELSKI                   
                           and JOHN K. McBRIDE                                      
                               ____________                                         
                           Appeal No. 2006-1498                                     
                         Application No. 09/973,031                                 
                               ____________                                         
                                ON BRIEF                                            
                               ____________                                         
        Before FRANKFORT, OWENS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.            
        OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                       
            This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1, 3-12, 32 and 33.  Claim 2 has been
        canceled and claims 13-31 have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner.
        Claim 33 is indicated in the examiner's answer as containing allowable subject matter
        (page 4).                                                                   
                             THE INVENTION                                          
            The appellants claim an album leaf having an insert with information relating to a
        plurality of images on the album leaf.  Claim 1 is illustrative:            















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