Appeal No. 97-0032
Application No. 08/095,295
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an expandable and
collapsible container assembly. Claims 26 and 33 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of
those claims, as they appear in the appellants' brief, is
attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Warren 1,382,446 June 21, 1921
Connell et al. (Connell) 4,415,106 Nov. 15, 1983
Touzani 4,492,313 Jan. 08, 1985
Worrall 446,742 May 05, 1936
(Great Britain)
Gershman, "Self-Adhering Nylon Tapes," Journal of the American
Medical Association, Vol. 168, No. 7, p. 930, Oct. 18, 1953.
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