Appeal No. 2000-1313
Application No. 08/797,478
shall not sustain the examiner's rejection of independent
claims 1 and 16, or of claims 2-7 which depend from claim 1
and claims 17-20 which depend from claim 16, as being
unpatentable over Intini in view of Wardwell.
Rejection (2)
Kurtz discloses a package comprising two sheets joined at
their margins forming a compartment therebetween for holding
an object such as a suture, suture needle, dressing, bandage,
medicinal pill, or the like (column 1, lines 4-8). The
opposing short edges of the package are provided with a
plurality of tear-initiating areas 9 extending through sheets
1, 2 from the outer edge of the package towards the sealed
compartment 3 formed therein. The tear-initiating areas may
be of any conventional type such as weakened areas, slots,
perforations, notches or the like (column 3, lines 23-25).
One using the package knows that the short edges of the
package include the tear-initiating areas. Further, since a
plurality of tear-initiating areas are provided, a tear-
initiating area can be located without the necessity of
looking at the package.
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