Ex Parte Dart et al - Page 10


                Appeal 2007-1325                                                                              
                Application 10/065,722                                                                        
           1                 a mounting ring [Fig. 1 20] connected to the cap 12 below the                    
           2          upper surface 40 and for mounting the cap 12 to a cup [not shown];                      
           3          and                                                                                     
           4                 a tab closure [Fig. 2 40] comprising                                             
           5                       a mounting plug [Fig. 2 50] and                                            
           6                       a drink plug [Fig. 2 54]                                                   
           7                       connected by a strap [Fig. 2 52],                                          
           8                 the mounting plug [Fig. 2 50] sized to be received within the                    
           9          mounting recess [Fig. 2 46], and                                                        
          10                 the drink plug [Fig. 2 54] sized to be received within the drink                 
          11          opening [Fig. 2 96] where the user can open and close the lid by                        
          12          removing or inserting the drink plug from the drink opening;                            
          13                 wherein the mounting recess [Fig. 2 46] has a bottom wall                        
          14          [Fig. 2 64] and the mounting plug has a bottom wall [Fig. 2 130],                       
          15          which is spaced above the mounting recess bottom wall [Fig. 2 64]                       
          16          when the mounting plug is received within the mounting recess                           
          17          [Fig. 2 46] to define a chamber [Fig. 6A area between mounting plug                     
          18          bottom wall 130 and mounting recess bottom wall 463] therebetween.                      
          19                                      Claim 88                                                    
          20    A disposable, recloseable lid [Figs. 1-2 10] comprising:                                      
                                                                                                             
                3  Insofar as we can tell, the claim language "to define a chamber                            
                therebetween" has no direct antecedent basis in the descriptive portion of the                
                specification.  However, see original claim 40.  According to Dart, the                       
                quoted limitation is supported in the specification at page 9, ¶ 0053,                        
                lines 8-10 and Figure 6 [sic—Figure 6A].  Appeal Brief 3.  Later in the                       
                opinion we reject claim 84 as being indefinite.                                               

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