Appeal No. 2001-1766
Application 08/891,884
Claim 10 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and
it reads as follows:
10. A method of providing for one-way flow of liquid
from a pouch through a pumping mechanism of a chassis of a liquid
containment and dispensing device, the chassis having an inlet
port in liquid communication with the pouch and the pumping
mechanism, said method comprising:
providing a planar valve member within the chassis in
alignment with the inlet port to block flow from the pumping
mechanism to the pouch when pressure in the pumping mechanism is
higher than pressure within the pouch, no portion of the planar
valve being heat-staked to the chassis.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Nakata 3,720,473 Mar. 13, 1973
Hirosawa et al. (Hirosawa) 5,523,780 June 4, 1996
Clark et al. (Clark) 5,734,401 Mar. 31, 1998
(effective filing date Apr. 27, 1995)
Claims 1 through 6, 9 and 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Clark in view of
Nakata.
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Clark in view of Nakata and Hirosawa.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 13 and
15) and the answer (paper number 14) for the respective positions
of the appellant and the examiner.
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