Appeal No. 97/1235
Application No. 08/316,717
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 118
to 128, 130 to 149, 151 and 152. These are the only claims
remaining in the application.
The claimed invention is directed to a package for
containing a pesticide or other potentially toxic chemical.
The package consist of an outer container and inner container
formed of water soluble flexible material. The free space and
the humidity in the outer container are controlled to maintain
the water soluble flexible inner container intact.
Claim 118 reproduced below is further illustrative of the
claimed subject matter:
118. A package for a liquid comprising an outer
container and a sealed water-soluble or water-dispersible
envelope having a flexible wall, the sealed envelope
containing a pesticide which is potentially toxic or damaging
or detrimental to health or to the environment, the outer
container having a lid and being sealed such that the outer
container surrounds and encloses the sealed envelope and there
is a space between the outer container and the sealed
envelope, the space being at least 5% of a volume of the
container and the space being isolated from the atmosphere by
the sealed outer container, the relative humidity in the space
being from 45 to 65% at a temperature of 20°C.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
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