Appeal No. 2000-0789 Page 2
Application No. 08/856,373
The appellants' invention relates to the reinforcement of
the head and bottom of a conventional 55 gallon drum to
prevent bulging of the drum when shipping the product under
mild pressure in the range of 25 psi and below (specification,
p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Mittinger, Jr. (Mittinger) 1,045,055 Nov. 19,
1912
Claims 1 to 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Mittinger.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 14,
mailed October 20, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 13,
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