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                Appeal No. 2006-1776                                                                                                    
                Application No. 10/075,976                                                                                              



                                                          BACKGROUND                                                                    
                       The appellant's invention relates to a method of producing personalized package                                  
                wrapping.  An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of                                           
                exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.                                                                           

                            1. A method of producing a personalized package wrapper that                                                
                       comprises at least one user submitted image, the method comprising the                                           
                       steps of:                                                                                                        
                            displaying the user submitted image in a display area of an imaging                                         
                       device;                                                                                                          
                            providing a window on said image to produce a windowed image, said                                          
                       window being movable relative to the image, and said windowed image                                              
                       comprising at least a portion of the image;                                                                      
                            displaying a package wrapper image that includes a representation of                                        
                       at least a portion of a package wrapper which includes the windowed                                              
                       image thereon;                                                                                                   
                            selecting a package wrapper size; and                                                                       
                            performing at least one of a printing of the package wrapper with the                                       
                       windowed image thereon, a transmitting of the package wrapper image,                                             
                       and a storing the package wrapper image.                                                                         

                                                            PRIOR ART                                                                   
                The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed                                
                claims are:                                                                                                             
                Hinton     5,923,407   July 13, 1999                                                                                    
                Jennel     6,102,536   August 15, 2000                                                                                  





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