Appeal No. 96-3035
Application 07/945,430
implement requires a tube 29 having one open end and one closed
end, with the closed end being arranged to engage the knob 22 of
the screw 23 and prevent relative rotary motion between the screw
with respect to the body 20, and with the open end of the tube
abutting but rotatable with respect to a knurled collar ring 28
on the body 20. On the other hand, Goncalves teaches (transla-
tion, page 13 and Figure 3) a decorative body 104 configured as
a tubular element, “open at both ends,” with its upper edge 120
constituting a support element for the annular bearing surface
110 of the sheath 102.
Turning to the additional references relied upon by the
examiner, we find that the Cardia disclosure (European document)
reveals a dispensing container characterized in part by an outer
tubular body 3 having a closed bottom 2 and an integral rod 5
and hollow rod 18 with threading 17 (Figure 3). As to the von
Schuckmann reference (German document), a deodorant stick is
disclosed therein having a covering cap 7 screwed on to the
protruding segment 2N of the housing tube 2 (Figure 1).
We certainly understand the examiner’s point of view as
to the asserted obviousness of altering the device of Goncalves,
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