Appeal No. 1999-2845 Page 3 Application No. 08/495,471 BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to a safety container for storing and transporting environmentally hazardous, in particular explosive substances (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth 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: Held 2,305,923 Dec. 22, 1942 Stewart 3,650,431 Mar. 21, 1972 Claims 17, 18, 24 to 33, 37 to 44 and 47 to 60 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Held. Claims 19 to 23, 34 to 36, 45, 46 and 61 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Held in view of Stewart.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007