Appeal 2006-2721
Application 09/579,938
in the storage compartment, however brief, satisfies the language of the
claims.
We agree with the Examiner’s findings with respect to the beverage
dispensing apparatus described in DeVito and in Briggs, including the
nozzle assembly removably coupled to the base of the container (Answer 4,
5, 17 and 19). We find lever type spigot assembly 52 having lever 68 and
nozzle 66 disclosed in DeVito (DeVito, e.g., col. 5, ll. 52-67, and Figs. 1-5).
We find spigot 18 with valve mechanism 22 having push button 30 and
spigot 39 which operates in similar manner disclosed in Briggs (Briggs, e.g.,
col. 4, l. 19, to col. 5, l. 13, and Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 6).
We agree with the Examiner’s findings with respect to the apparatus
for mixing paint having paint storage reservoirs and a dispensing mechanism
removably coupled to the reservoirs described in Corbin (Answer 6-7 and
19).
We agree with the Examiner’s findings with respect to the teachings
of a liquid dispensing apparatus having a lid with a stirring device coupled
thereto and a dispensing mechanism coupled to the base of the
compartments disclosed in Reed (Answer 7-13). We find that one of
ordinary skill in this art would have found in Reed’s Fig. 3 an illustration of
spigot 16 secured to vessel 24 by a nut that would be removable as the
Examiner contends (Answer 7). We find Reed discloses at col. 5, lines
35-37, “each vessel and its spigot can be . . . removed for cleaning and/or
refilling” as the Examiner contends (Answer 7). We find that vessels 24,27
have downward slopping sides and spigots 15,16 located near or from the
base to permit dispensing of liquid into a glass, wherein the spigots include
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