Appeal No. 2000-0574
Application No. 08/876,321
disclosure, would have understood claim 1 to have this
meaning. It is, in fact, this difference in length which
permits the base member to fit within the interior recess of
the lid while the side walls extend beyond the recess over the
lid end members so that the side walls may be mounted to the
lid.
For the foregoing reasons, we do not agree with the
examiner that the phrase "and a length greater than said
rectangular base member" renders the scope of claim 1
indefinite. Accordingly, we shall not sustain the examiner's
rejection of claim 1, or claims 2, 3, 8 and 9 which depend
from claim 1, as being indefinite under the second paragraph
of Section 112.
Rejections (2) - (5)
Porch, the primary reference relied upon by the examiner
in making these rejections, discloses a collapsible shipping
container. The Porch container comprises a top panel 20, a
bottom panel 22, a pair of side panels 24, 26 and a second
pair of side (end) panels 28, 30. The panels are secured to
one another by fixture means in the form of horizontal frame
members 32, 34, 36, 38, 48, 50, 52, 54 and vertical frame
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