Ex parte HALL et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-1426                                                        
          Application No. 08/315,350                                                  


          examiner's answer.  Claims 6 through 9, 11, 14 through 16, 19,              
          21 through 29, 31 and 32, which are all of the remaining                    
          claims pending in this application, stand allowed.                          
               We REVERSE and REMAND.                                                 
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a container for                   
          above ground storage of hazardous liquids.  An understanding                
          of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary                 
          claims 1, 12, 17 and 33 which appear in the appendix to the                 
          appellants' brief.                                                          
               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Bliss et al. (Bliss)          2,777,295                Jan. 15,             
          1957                                                                        
          Durkop                        3,848,765                Nov. 19,             
          1974                                                                        
          Lindquist et al. (Lindquist)       4,826,644                May             
          2, 1989                                                                     
          De Benedittis et al.          4,895,272                Jan. 23,             
          1990                                                                        
          (De Benedittis)                                                             
          Sharp                         4,912,966                Apr.  3,             
          1990                                                                        
          Gelin                         4,974,739                Dec.                 
               4, 1990                                                                
          Reese                         5,564,588                Oct. 15,             
          1996                                                                        
          (filed Aug. 21,                                                             

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