Appeal No. 2006-1643 Παγε 14
Application No. 09/845,589
about the features of claim 6.” The examiner’s position (answer,
page 4) is that FJCP as modified by Monn discloses the cut-out
images being fixed by using an adhesive. We agree. Claim 6
recites that the cut-out images are fixed using an adhesive.
From the disclosure of Monn of using an adhesive to paste the
torn photographs into a collage (col. 4, lines 25-29 and 46-48)
we agree with the examiner for the reasons advanced in the answer
that the combined teachings of FJCP and Monn would have suggested
fixing the cut-out images using an adhesive. The rejection of
claim 6 is sustained.
We turn next to claim 8. Appellants assert (brief, page 10)
that the reasons they set forth for the reversal of the rejection
of claim 4 are repeated. In addition, it is argued that FJCP and
Monn say or suggest nothing about making a digital image of a
subject, and that there is no discussion of annotating the page
with other information and inserting the page into a scrapbook.
The examiner’s position (answer, page 5) that FJCP as modified by
Monn discloses the method of making a scrapbook page as set forth
in the rejection of claim 1, and that the references disclose
providing a collection of pictures to create a collage (page
annotated with other pictures). We agree. At the outset, we
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