Appeal No. 96-1812
Application No. 07/984,762
Jessop addresses a disposable laboratory testing device
in the form of a plastic material (polypropylene) capped
container with a volume within the range of about 0.5 to 2.0
ml (column 6, lines 28 through 32) for specimens that may be
frozen or boiled. As shown, for example, in Figure 6 of the
patent, a downwardly divergently tapered frusto-conical wall
or skirt 90 is integral with wall 60 of the cap 17 and forms
respective seals with an annularly inwardly-directed lip 24
and wall surface 18 of the cylindrical wall 16 (column 8,
lines 32 through 35). The lip is essentially semi-circular in
cross-section and is defined by a single arcuate external
surface 34 (column 5, lines 51 through 55). The cap 17 and
its tether 19 are integrally molded with the container 15
(column 6, lines 47 through 50).
The Korf patent (Figures 1 through 3) and the
acknowledged prior art teach, inter alia, screw-threaded caps
or closures for engaging a container wherein the cap further
includes a sealing lip depending therefrom. More
specifically, as to the acknowledged prior art, the present
application (page 1) discloses that a prior art closure vessel
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