Appeal No. 95-0353
Application 07/837,241
The Claimed Subject Matter
The claims on appeal are drawn to a hollow four layered
plastic blow molded container. Claim 1 is illustrative of the
claimed subject matter:
1. A plastic blow molded container of a hollow
construction, comprising: a coextruded blow molding
including a wall having:
(a) an inner layer of virgin plastic that is
contacted by a product received within the container;
(b) an inner intermediate layer of recycled
plastic which has a first color;
(c) an outer intermediate layer of an opaque
plastic that visually hides the color of the recycled
plastic layer; and
(d) an outer layer of a pigmented plastic of a
lighter color than the inner intermediate layer of
recycled plastic, and the darker color of the inner
intermediate layer of recycled plastic being visually
blocked by the opaque plastic of the outer intermediate
layer so as not to visually distort the lighter color
of the pigmented plastic of the outer layer.
The Rejections
The following prior art reference is relied upon by the
examiner to support the rejection of the claims for obviousness:
Bonis et al. (Bonis) 3,878,282 Apr. 15, 1975
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious
over Bonis. Claims 1-6 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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