Appeal No. 97-4049
Application 08/456,802
The subject matter on appeal relates to “a packing container for protecting parts of
electronic equipments, etc. against static electricity when they are transported”
(specification, page 1). Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A packing container, comprising:
a packaging member which is formed to provide a bounded shape to the packing
container, the packaging member when in the bounded shape having an inner surface
which faces the interior of the packing container;
an antistatic member for forming a closed electrically conductive path along the
inner surface of said packing container, said antistatic member being formed of an
electrostatically conductive metal foil; and
an electrically conductive tape for connecting two adjoining ends of the inner
surface of the packaging member including said metal foil.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Ohlbach 4,293,070 Oct. 06, 1981
Bradford 5,205,406 Apr. 27, 1993
Holley 5,491,013 Feb. 13, 1996
(filed Aug. 31, 1994)
“Shielding Method and Its Characteristic,” Electronic Circuit Part Application Manual,
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Volume 1, page 478 (November 1988)
Claims 1, 6, 11 through 16 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Ohlbach in view of Holley and the Electronic Circuit Part
3 The Electronic Circuit Part Application Manual reference is a foreign language
document submitted by the appellants with a brief English language summary on March 8,
1996 (Paper No. 7).
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