Appeal No. 1998-2113
Application No. 08/685,478
sustain the ' 103 rejection of claims 1-6, 8-14, 16-18, 20
and 22 which, as noted supra, stand or fall with claim 15.
On page 4 of their brief, appellants have stated that
appealed claims 19 and 21 stand or fall together.
Accordingly, we will select claim 19 (which depends from
claim 15) as being representative of this group, with the
result that the remaining claim (namely claim 21) in this
group shall stand or fall with claim 19. See 37 CFR
' 1.192(c)(7) as amended effective April 21, 1995. See also
In re Young, 927 F.2d at 590, 18 USPQ2d at 1091 and
In re Wood, 582 F.2d at 642, 199 USPQ at 140.
Claim 19 recites that Asaid reinforcement structure is
. . . attached at least to opposed interior faces of said
inner package such that bulging of said inner package upon
said inner package being filled with bulk goods is
prevented.@ Appellants do not dispute that the internal
reinforcement structure in the sack of the Netherlands
reference prevents bulging in the sense disclosed in
appellants= specification. Instead, appellants argue that
the internal reinforcement structure in the sack of the
Netherlands reference connects Aonly adjacent sides of the
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