Appeal No. 1997-1117
Application No. 08/300,703
means responsive to said means for releasing for
automatically opening said container and responsive to the
recorded time period reaching said predetermined threshold for
automatically closing said container.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Tolson 3,337,992 Aug. 29,
1967
Elliot 4,366,595 Jan. 04,
1983 Mauer 4,803,902 Feb.
14, 1989
Weiss 5,023,908 Jun. 11,
1991
Fumanelli 5,087,107 Feb.
11, 1992
Harder et al. (Harder) 5,196,841 Mar. 23,
1993
(Filed May 29, 1990)
Warren 5,225,825 Jul. 06,
1993
(Filed Oct. 17,
1990)
Claims 1, 2, 4, 6-9, 12, 15-33, and 35-37 stand finally
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
combination of Weiss, Harder, Elliot, Fumanelli, and Warren.
Claim 3 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Weiss, Harder, Elliot,
Fumanelli, and Warren and further in view of Tolson. Claim 5
stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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