APPLICATION OF OKUZAWA

Patent Appeal No. 76-561.

537 F.2d 545 (1976)

Application of Yasutoshi OKUZAWA.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

July 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Gholz, Sughrue, Rothwell, Mion, Zinn & Macpeak, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for appellant.

Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents, John W. Dewhirst, Joseph T. Zatarga, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH, LANE and MILLER, Judges, and ALMOND, Senior Judge.


MILLER, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 9 through 13 in application serial No. 235,696, filed March 17, 1972, for "View Finder for Cameras." We reverse.

The Invention

The invention involves an improvement in a viewfinder which guides the novice photographer in properly centering and focusing on the object to be photographed. The improvement...

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