Appeal 2006-2173
Application 09/519, 999
appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.1
We AFFIRM.
Appellant's invention relates to an accommodation bag in which at
least one liquid can be heated either by external sources or by an internal
heating element. The claimed accommodation bag further comprises a
second inner bag containing therein a substance that is to be mixed with the
heated liquid. Representative claim 20, as presented in the Brief, appears
below:
20. A container, comprising:
an outer bag;
a first inner bag accommodated in said outer bag and filled with a
liquid, said first inner bag being made liquid-impermeable except at least for
a first vapor-releasing hole that is positioned in an upper part thereof and
closed by a first seal configured to open when a pressure inside said first
inner bag reaches a predetermined level by heating said liquid, thereby
allowing said heated liquid to escape said first inner bag as vapor; and
a second closed inner bag accommodated in said outer bag and
containing therein a substance to be mixed with said vapor, said second
inner bag being made liquid permeable at least partially for allowing said
liquid, after escaping said first inner bag as vapor, to enter said second inner
bag and to heat and be mixed with said substance.
As evidence of unpatentability the Examiner relies upon the following
references:
1 In rendering this decision, we have considered the Appellant’s arguments
presented in the Briefs filed October 18, 2004 and December 20, 2004 and
the Examiner's position presented in the Answer mailed October 20, 2004.
2
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