Appeal No. 1999-1824
Application No. 08/513,835
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a metal container, comprising an essentially
cylindrical side wall and two curved end walls, which is capable of withstanding internal
overpressure and which is provided with an intended breaking point formed as a notch at the
outer surface of at least one of the end walls. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9, which appears in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Mozley et al. (Mozley) 4,597,505 Jul. 1, 1986
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Zinkann 3,737,977 May 24, 1989
(German patent application)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 9-11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Zinkann in view of Mozley.
1This reference has been referred to by the examiner and the appellants as "Maxton."
2An English language translation of this reference, prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office, is
appended hereto.
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