Appeal No. 97-1226 Page 7
Application No. 08/288,479
mist of liquid from the second container 20, (2) the second
container 20 has a threaded neck portion defining a filling
opening, and (3) the sprayer 21 is secured to and closes the
filling opening of the threaded neck portion of the second
container 20. The first container 11 is a double walled
container having insulation material 14 disposed between the
walls. Diamond teaches (column 2, lines 45-51) that the
liquid within the second container 20 will be maintained at
the same temperature as liquid contained within the volume 12
of the first container 11. Accordingly, the volume of liquid
12 within the first container 11 and the first container 11
together constitute an insulator substantially conformably
enclosing the second container 20 thereby reducing heat
transfer through the surface of the second container 20.
In applying the test for obviousness , the examiner 2
determined (answer, p. 4) that
2The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
of the references would have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art. See In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591, 18
USPQ2d 1089, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991) and In re Keller, 642 F.2d
413, 425, 208 USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
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