Appeal No. 1997-2118 Application No. 08/119,163 Claim 36 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it reads as follows: 36. A dispensing container for dispensing a material such as liquid toner concentrate comprising: a canister; a movable partition disposed within the canister, said movable partition defining a first space containing liquid toner concentrate and a second space between the movable partition and the canister; a first valve communicating with said first space for allowing egress of material from said first space when said first valve is activated; and a second valve communicating with said second space for allowing ingress of pressurized fluid into said second space when said second valve is activated; wherein the canister is a rigid enclosure having first and second communication openings in the opposite end portions thereof, said first valve being disposed within said first communication opening and said second valve being disposed within said second communication opening. The references relied on by the examiner are: Uhlig 4,098,434 July 4, 1978 Landa 5,208,637 May 4, 1993 (filed Aug. 22, 1990) Claims 36, 39, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51 and 53 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Landa and Uhlig. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007