Appeal No. 1997-1878
Application 08/372,532
Comparing the carrier disclosed by Holley with the
apparatus recited in claim 1, Holley discloses a sleeve (Fig.
2) formed by a plurality of panels 1, 6, 7, 24, 25, 42, 43
foldably joined to one another. Holley further discloses an 4
end closure for each end of the sleeve, at least one end
closure being a composite wall having a plurality of
overlapping flaps (e.g., 3, 11, 15, 29, 33, 55, 67) foldably
joined respectively to the plurality of panels. However,
Holley’s flaps do not have any finger-receiving hand-hole
apertures extending through them, nor, it follows, do they
have any score lines extending from a region of the hand-hole
apertures, as called for by claim 1. Instead, in Holley’s
carrier, the hand-hole apertures 48, 49 and score lines 50,
51, 52, 53 are in top panel 43, which constitutes one of the
panels forming the sleeve.
As we understand the examiner’s position, it is that the
recited end closures for each end of the sleeve are readable
on Holley’s panels 42, 43 containing hand-holes 48, 49,
4 Webster’s Third New Int’l. Dictionary (1993) defines
“sleeve” as “an open-ended flat or tubular packaging or cover
(light bulbs in a sleeve).”
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