Appeal No. 97-3757
Application 08/298,351
therefore are at the same vertical distance from the plane at the
bottom of the support surface (bead 6).
The rejection of claim 75 will not be sustained.
Claim 87
Claim 87 requires that the first and second parts of the
inner wall positioned between the annular support and center
panel have “different orientations relative to said vertical
axis”. This language is not readable on the reference because,
in Claydon’s Fig. 10, if the inner wall 5 were arbitrarily
divided into first and second parts, those parts would both have
the same orientation relative to the vertical axis of the
container. The examiner does not suggest otherwise.
We therefore will not sustain the rejection of claim 87.
The Dependent Claims
Since we will not sustain the rejection under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) of the four independent claims on appeal, it follows
that the rejection on that ground of the claims dependent on
these claims will likewise not be sustained.
Conclusion
The examiner’s decision to reject claims 53, 56 to 64, 67 to
75, 78 to 87 and 90 to 111 is reversed.
REVERSED
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