Appeal No. 97-2116
Application 07/789,802
material around the body of the container for increasing the
axial load bearing capacity thereof. The invention is said to
enable the
use of thinner gauge metal than heretofore considered possible
in such containers. Independent claims 1 and 10, copies of
which are found in the appendix to appellant’s brief, are
illustrative of the appealed subject matter.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and 35 U.S.C. §
103 are:
Potts 3,698,596 Oct. 17, 1972
Cvacho (‘423) 3,799,423 Mar. 26, 1974
Cvacho et al. (Cvacho ‘927) 4,151,927 May 1, 1979
Nixon et al. (Nixon) B 223,678 Mar. 9, 1976
Sasaki et al. (Sasaki) 3,972,435 Aug. 3, 1976
Conklin 4,138,026 Feb. 6, 1979
Heckman 4,248,030 Feb. 3, 1981
Roales 4,608,284 Aug. 26, 1986
Hoffman 4,844,957 Jul. 4, 1989
The following rejections are before us for review:2
With respect to each of the rejections involving Cvacho ‘4232
(rejections (c), (d), (e), (g) and (h)), we note the following statement found
on pages 11-13 of the answer:
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