Appeal No. 96-1812
Application No. 07/984,762
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determination which follow.
We reverse the examiner’s rejection of appellants’ claims
under 35 USC §103.
Each of independent claims 25 and 35 addresses a closure
vessel assembly for use in laboratory work within a range of
temperatures between -196°C and +100°C comprising, inter alia,
an annular sealing lip of a closure having a lip sealing
surface and a convex sealing surface on the vessel, the lip
sealing surface extends at an acute angle to a central axis of
the vessel and has an infinite radius of curvature and the
convex sealing surface has a radius of about 1 mm.
Our review of the applied teachings of Gerken and Korf
one skilled in the art would reasonably have been expected to
draw from the disclosure. See In re Preda 401 F.2d 825, 826,
159 USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
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