Appeal No. 1998-1647
Application 08/668,503
29, 32, 35-43, 46 and 47, the only other claims remaining in
the
application, have been withdrawn from further consideration
under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as not being readable on the elected
invention. We reverse.2
By way of background, the appealed subject matter in the
present application is related to the appealed subject matter
in Appeal No. 1997-4002 in appellants’ copending application
08/459,880, which appeal is decided currently herewith.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a patch bag, that is, a
bag having a patch applied to one of its surfaces to increase
its resistance to puncture. As explained on page 1 of
appellants’ specification, the invention is designed for the
packaging of bone-in cuts of meat. In this environment, the
patch prevents or reduces the likelihood that a bone will
completely puncture or rupture the bag and patch combination.
According to appellants, the edge portion of the bag is
particularly vulnerable to puncture in the packaging of
2 The requirement for election was made in Paper No. 6 of
parent application 08/252,125.
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