Appeal 2006-2924
Application 10/668,522
directed to elected species. We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 35
U.S.C. § 6 (2002).
Appellants’ invention is directed to printed material and, in particular,
to a substrate having indicia printed thereon that is readable under ultraviolet
light and an ultraviolet light attached to the substrate (Specification 1:4-6).
Independent claims 1 and 11 are representative of the claimed invention and
read as follows:
1. An illuminated greeting card comprising:
a substrate sheet having indicia formed of a
first ink readable under visible light and having
indicia thereon formed of a second ink readable
under light having a wavelength of between 350
and 400 nanometers; and
an ultraviolet light emitting diode flashlight
having a light source consisting of: a single light
emitting diode and having a light emission of
between 350 and 400 nanometers.
11. An illuminated greeting card comprising:
a folded substrate having an outer writing
surface and an inner writing surface, wherein at
least one of the exterior writing surface and the
interior writing surface has thereon indicia formed
of a first ink readable under visible light and
indicia formed of a second ink visible under
incident light having a wavelength of between 350
and 400 nanometers;
an ultraviolet light emitting diode flashlight
having a light emission of between 350 and 400
nanometers; and
a securement retaining said ultraviolet light
emitting diode flashlight oriented such that when
said substrate is horizontal, emission from said
flashlight illuminates at least one of the exterior
writing surface and the interior writing surface.
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