Appeal No. 1998-2418
Application No. 08/686,883
rollers do not have a handle, or, if the axel and/or flange is
considered as a handle, both ends have a handle. Accordingly,
we will not sustain the examiner's rejection of claims 21-26.
Regarding claims 27 through 30, 37 and 38 it is the
examiner's position that, "[i]t would have been obvious to one
having ordinary skill in the art in view of Jones to modify
the package of the Related Prior Art so the ink roller
container comprises an elongated portion with a closed first
end and an open second end, a flange and a removable cover for
closing off the open end wherein (sic) the elongated portion
of the container extending in the axial direction in the
tubular opening of at least one label roll to prevent the
whole container from slipping into the central opening and
also to facilitate removing container (sic)" (answer, page 6).
Appellant's argument repeats the claimed elements, including
the "removable" (claims 27 and 28) or "peelable" cover (claims
29, 30, 37 and 38) for closing off the end of the container,
and urges "[n]o such combination is taught in the references"
(brief pages 15 and 16). We agree.
Although the examiner urges "[i]t would have been obvious
to . . . modify the package of the Related Prior Art so the
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