Appeal No. 97-2625
Application No. 08/118,925
The appellant's invention relates to a collapsible spill
containment receptacle for use with storage and transport
tanks (claims 1 through 12) and to a method for containing a
spill from a tank (claims 13 and 14). An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1
and 13 which appear in the appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bartels 2,754,869 Jul. 17, 1956
Malloy 4,201,307 May 6, 1980
Van Romer et al. 5,090,588 Feb. 25, 1992
(Van Romer)
The following rejection is before us for review:
Claims 1 through 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Bartels in view of Van Romer and
Malloy.
Reference is made to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 19)
and to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 20) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the
merits of this rejection.
OPINION
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