Ex Parte McIntyre et al - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2006-1498                                                                                                                 
              Application No. 09/973,031                                                                                                           


                     1.  An image product assembly, comprising:                                                                                    
                     a dual sided album leaf having a first ply layer and a second ply layer, said first                                           
              and second ply layers each having an outer surface and an inner surface, said first and                                              
              second ply layers are secured together so as to form a pocket there between, said outer                                              
              surface of said first and/or second ply layer having a                                                                               
              plurality of images formed thereon; and                                                                                              
                     an insert having a size and configuration such that it can be placed within said                                              
              pocket, said insert having information thereon that relates to said plurality of images,                                             
              said information on said insert is located in a position on said insert such that it can be                                          
              readily identified with respect to which of said plurality of images it is associated.                                               
                                                   THE REFERENCE                                                                                   
              Fountain     370,186   Sep. 20, 1887                                                                                                 
              Hawley       3,848,348   Nov. 19, 1974                                                                                               
              Young       6,061,938   May  16, 2000                                                                                                

                                                   THE REJECTIONS                                                                                  
                     The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims 1, 3-6, 12                                                 
              and 32 over Fountain, claim 7 over Fountain in view of Young, and claims 8-11 over                                                   
              Fountain in view of Hawley.1                                                                                                         






                                                                                                                                                  
                     1 A rejection of claim 33 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, is                                                          
              withdrawn in the examiner's answer (page 4).                                                                                         



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