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                  Appeal No. 2006-2560                                                                                           
                  Application No. 10/315,422                                                                                     

                                                      THE INVENTION                                                              

                          The invention relates to a book cover.  Claim 1 is representative of the invention                     
                  and is reproduced below:                                                                                       
                               1. A book cover comprising:                                                                       
                               a substantially transparent sheet, said substantially transparent sheet having                    
                            opposite first and second surfaces and edges;                                                        
                               cover indicia applied to said second surface of said substantially transparent                    
                            sheet in a wrong-reading orientation;                                                                
                               an adhesive layer applied to said second surface of said substantially                            
                            transparent sheet; and                                                                               
                               a frontpiece, a backpiece, and a spine piece positioned between said                              
                            frontpiece and backpiece, said pieces together defining a profile, each of said                      
                            frontpiece, said backpiece, and said spine piece having a first surface and a                        
                            second surface;                                                                                      
                               wherein said first surfaces of said frontpiece, said backpiece, and said spine                    
                            piece are adhered to said second surfaces [sic] of said substantially transparent                    
                            sheet such that said edges of said substantially transparent sheet project beyond                    
                            said profile of said frontpiece, said spine piece, and said backpiece are folded                     
                            over onto said second surfaces of said frontpiece, said backpiece, and said spine                    
                            piece and adhered thereto.                                                                           

                                                     THE REFERENCES                                                              

                      The references relied upon by the examiner are:                                                            

                      Ranson  5,308,208   May  03, 1994                                                                          
                      Learned  3,572,767   Mar. 30, 1971                                                                         
                      Bilbie   6,481,127   Nov. 19, 2002 (Nov. 26, 1997)                                                         

                      Deschamps  FR/ 2,328,576   May 21, 1977                                                                    







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