Appeal No. 1998-2113 Application No. 08/685,478 container and not opposed sides@ (brief, page 10). This argument is not persuasive. Claim 19 does not recite that individual elements or strips of the reinforcing structure are each attached at opposites ends to opposed interior faces of the inner package. Instead, this claim refers to the reinforcing structure, generally. When this claim language is given its broadest reasonable interpretation (See In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321, 13 USPQ2d 1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989)), it does not distinguish from the arrangement of the internal reinforcing structure shown in Figure 2 of the Netherlands reference. In this regard, two diagonally opposed reinforcing strips, such as the strips in the lower right hand corner and the upper left hand corner in Figure 2 of the Netherlands reference, collectively define a reinforcing structure that attaches to opposed walls of the sack. In particular, the wall structure defining the lower right hand corner of the sack opposes the wall structure defining the upper left hand corner of the sack. For these reasons, we will sustain the ' 103 rejection of claim 19, and we will also sustain the ' 103 rejection of claim 21 which, as noted supra, stands or falls with claim 19. 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007