Appeal No. 98-2655
Application 08/698,743
in this application, claims 2, 3 and 7 through 12 having been
canceled.
Appellant’s invention relates to a container device for
disinfecting and storing contact lenses wherein the cap of the
container includes at least one aperture to serve as a vent
and a gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable membrane fixed to the
internal surface of the cap and positioned so as to cover any
aperture therein. Independent claim 1 is representative of
the subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim may be
found in Appendix A of appellant’s brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Dubois et al. (Dubois) 4,136,796 Jan. 30,
1979
Su et al. (Su) 4,889,693 Dec. 26,
1989
Iba et al. (Iba) 5,143,104 Sep. 1,
1992
Claims 1, 4 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Iba in view of Dubois. According to
the examiner
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