Appeal No. 1998-0246
Application No. 08/397,536
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method for packaging individual wound dressings.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 17, which
appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Petersen et al. (Petersen) 3,140,572 Jul. 14, 1964
Seiden 4,436,576 Mar. 13, 1984
Dallaserra 4,455,809 Jun. 26, 1984
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 17, 19 and 22-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Petersen in view of Dallaserra.
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Petersen in
view of Dallaserra, as applied to claim 19 above, and further in view of Seiden.
Reference is made to the brief and reply brief (Paper Nos. 40 and 42) and the answer
and supplemental answer (Paper Nos. 41 and 43) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these rejections.
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