Appeal No. 2001-0700
Application 09/154,938
whereby the funnel may engage a plurality of different
size fill opening containers in the region of its fill opening
and seal with a surface at its fill opening. 1
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Smith 5,762,120 Jun. 9,
1998
Stjernquist 121,519 Apr. 20,
1948 (Swedish Patent Document)2
1 Interpreting the appealed claims in light of the
underlying disclosure, we understand (1) the recitation in
claim 1 of the engaging portion inner and outer walls as
reading on the inner and outer surfaces of disclosed engaging
portions 21, 22, (2) the recitation in the last clause of
claim 1 of the fill opening as referring to each respective
fill opening of the plurality of different size fill opening
containers previously recited in the clause, and (3) the
recitation in claim 3 of “said engaging portion,” which lacks
a proper antecedent basis due to the recitation in parent
claim 1 of a plurality of engaging portions, to read as -–each
said engaging portion–-.
2An English language translation of this reference,
prepared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, is
appended hereto.
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