Appeal No. 1997-1285 Page 3
Application No. 08/307,153
d) wherein the step of forming said end panel includes the step of providing a pull tab extending
co-planar with said disk, and the step of forming said frame member includes the step of providing said
frame member with an upstanding rib means extending about an upper surface of said frame member
for facilitating stacking of a plurality of said closures and for protecting said pull tab.
26. A method of forming a closure for subsequent attachment to a separate preformed
container, the method comprising the steps of:
forming an end panel having an integral pull tab at a periphery thereof; the method being
characterized by the steps of inserting said end panel into a mold having a cavity for forming a frame
member shaped to be permanently secured to a flange of the container; and injecting a plastic material
into said mold cavity for forming said frame member and for attaching said end panel to said frame
member.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims
are:
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 5,013,516 May 7, 1991
(filed May 25, 1984)
French Patent (FR 196) 2,380,196 Sep. 8, 1978
Claims 20 and 26-37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki
in view of FR 196.
OPINION
Appellant groups the claims as follows:
C Claim 20 stands alone
C Claim 26, with claims 27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37 standing with 26
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