Appeal No. 1998-3420
Application 08/597,033
cover (20) having a bottom panel (24), a top panel (22), an
outer spine panel (26) and an end spine panel (72) connected
to the bottom panel and a folded hook (74) for allowing assem-
bly of the cover to the tray (see Figs. 8, 10 and 14) in the
manner set forth in independent claims 1, 9 and 61 on appeal.
Appellants’ arguments on pages 6-8 and 11-12 of the brief and
in the reply brief have not convinced us of any error in the
examiner’s position.
In contrast to appellants position, we view the base
member (30) and the interconnected holder (40a, 100) of
O’Brien in the same manner as the examiner, that is as
defining an “integrated” tray structure that includes both a
rosette as claimed (see col. 6, lines 28-36) and an outwardly
opening receiver (Fig. 8) to accommodate the folded hook (74)
of the paper board cover (20). As for the requirement in
appellants’ claims 1, 9 and 61 of complete accessibility to
all sides of the paper board cover and that of providing a
package which “lies flat when the cover is partially or fully
open,” we note that the paper board cover (20) of O’Brien in
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