Appeal No. 95-2580
Application 08/110,958
Like the examiner, we consider that the collective
teachings of the applied references to Hansen and Rose would
have been suggestive of the ampule defined in claim 1 on
appeal, especially when three or four venting grooves/channels
are provided in the inside wall of the ampule neck, as
suggested in both Hansen and Rose. Both Hansen and Rose make
reference to “one or more” longitudinal channels or grooves
being provided in the inside wall of the neck of the ampule
for venting purposes, with Rose specifically depicting
possible arrangements of three or four channels in the neck
and a preferable neck shape allowing ease of manufacturing of
such multiple grooves/channels. Thus, when the ampule seen in
Figures 1-2 of Hansen is provided with grooves as in Figures
4-5 thereof, but with three or four grooves being provided
therein as suggested in Rose, at least one of the
grooves/channels will be “spaced from said longitudinal middle
plane” of the ampule defined by the separation plane of the
mold in which the ampule is formed.
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