Ex parte EDWARDS et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 97/1235                                                          
          Application No. 08/316,717                                                  


          CUILLE                        3,030,266                Apr. 17,             
          1962                                                                        
          WINGARDH                      3,717,274                Feb. 20,             
          1973                                                                        
          SONDEL                        3,739,827                Jun. 19,             
          1973                                                                        
          MCCLINTON                          4,296,859                Oct.            
          27, 1981                                                                    
          WHITE (Great Britain)         708,813             May  12, 1954             
          PHILLIPS (Great Britain)           922,317             Mar. 27,             
          1963                                                                        
                                     REJECTIONS                                       
               Claim 118 through 128 and 130 through 149 stand rejected               
          under 35 U.S.C. §103 as unpatentable over Phillips in view of               
          any of Wingardh, McClinton, White or Sondel.  According to the              
          examiner, Phillips discloses a water soluble envelope having a              
          flexible wall and containing a pesticide.  The examiner is                  
          further of the view that the secondary references disclose                  
          disposing an envelope within an outer container and leaving a               
          space between the outer container and the envelope.  The                    
          examiner is also of the view that the recited relative                      
          humidity within the sealed outer container falls within the                 
          ambient range of relative humidity and would occur inherently               
          in a closed, sealed container that was prepared under ambient               
          conditions.                                                                 


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