Appeal No. 2001-0558
Application No. 08/966,708
claims 3 through 10, 22 through 25, 32 and 33, the only claims
currently pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a cuvette package which is
defined in representative claim 32 as follows:
32. A handling package of multicell cuvettes, said
package comprising:
a row of multicell cuvettes formed by a plurality of
reaction vessels, said reaction vessels of the multicell
cuvettes being adapted adjacent to each other so that the
vessels have a common separating wall, whereby the multicell
cuvettes may be packed in a contiguous row in which long sides
of abutting multicell cuvettes are placed tightly adjacent to
each other; and
a bonding strip adherable to a surface about a mouth of
the reaction vessel of the multicell cuvettes so as to be
detachable prior to use, said strip serving to join the row of
multicell cuvettes into a contiguous handling package, wherein
said bonding strip has a width smaller than the cross-package
length of the multicell cuvettes. 2
2The language in claim 32 relating to the common
separating wall is somewhat garbled. Based on the underlying
specification, particularly page 1, we understand the
recitation that the reaction vessels have a common separating
wall to mean that any two adjacent reaction vessels in a
multicell cuvette are separated by a common wall. Also, the
recitation in claim 32 that the bonding strip is adherable to
a surface about a mouth of the reaction vessel of the
multicell cuvettes is ambiguous since the multicell cuvettes
have a plurality of reaction vessels with a corresponding
plurality of mouths. Finally, claims 3 and 22 and claims 6
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