Appeal No. 97-4151
Application 08/379,181
[of] a removable compartment.
PHIBBS '383 discloses the claimed device except
for a means for displaying agraphic [sic] item.
TROMBLY '633 teaches that it is known to provide a
means 24 for displaying a graphic item. It would
have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in
the art at the time the invention was made to
construct the plastic carrier of PHIBBS '383 with
inner an [sic: and] outer transparent walls as
taught by TROMBLY '633, since TROMBLY '633 states at
column 2, lines 38-44 that such a modification would
provide a decorative appearance for eye appeal which
makes the container aesthetically appealing.
Appellant argues that it would not have been obvious to
add a graphic insert to the Phibbs container because the
container is collapsible, i.e., telescopic. However, this
argument is not relevant to the rejection, which, as the
examiner states, is based on the non-collapsible container
disclosed in Phibbs'
Fig. 1.
Appellant further argues that in her disclosed invention
the graphic material is not on clear material and is not
seated between the walls of the container, unlike that of
Trombly. However, the claims do not call for a graphic item
which is opaque or for the "display pocket" to be unsealed,
and it is axiomatic that claims will be given their broadest
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