Appeal No. 1999-2730
Application 09/008,836
in claim 1.
Turning to the patent to Stevens, Stevens discloses a
container closure for forming a normally permanent closure on
a container, the closure being relatively non-removable. The
embodiments of Stevens show the end of a paperboard container
folded over to present a top edge 14 and a downwardly directed
skirt 17 which ends in an edge 23 facing downwardly. Stevens
discusses several embodiments, two of which are directed to
forming a normally permanent closure on a container and one of
which cannot be easily resealed once it is removed from the
container.
Inasmuch as Stevens does not show a rolled rim defining
an annular bead as argued by appellant, it is our view that
the references to Whitney and Stevens, if combined as the
examiner
proposes, would not have rendered the subject matter of claim
1 prima facie obvious. Furthermore, inasmuch as Stevens
discloses that his container is normally either permanently
closed or cannot be easily tightly sealed again after the
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