Appeal No. 1998-2314 Page 2
Application No. 07/902,957
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a microwave popcorn package comprising
container panels bonded together at their edges and so configured and graphically
illustrated as to resemble, when inflated by the action of making the popcorn, an animate
object, a recognizable character or article, or an animal . An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 37, which appear in the
appendix to the Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Stoner 1,348,761 Aug. 3, 1920
Hirtzler 1,715,757 Jun. 4, 1929
Walker 2,082,671 Jun. 1, 1937
Clark et al. (Clark) 2,516,552 Jul. 25, 1950
Miller 2,698,496 Jan. 4, 1955
Panzer 3,442,043 May 6, 1969
Reese 3,835,308 Sep.10, 1974
Brandberg et al. (Brandberg ‘045)3,973,045 Aug. 3, 1976
Brandberg et al. (Brandberg ‘425)4,038,425 Jul. 26, 1977
Roccaforte et al. (Roccaforte) 4,453,665 Jun. 12, 1984
Bohrer et al. (Bohrer) 4,678,882 Jul. 7, 1987
Winter 4,716,061 Dec. 29, 1987
Watkins et al. (Watkins) 4,735,513 Apr. 5, 1988
Larson 4,865,854 Sep. 12, 1989
Mendenhall et al. (Mendenhall) 4,874,620 Oct. 17, 1989
Ylvisaker 4,892,744 Jan. 9, 1990
Burkes Des. 161,734 Jan. 30, 1951
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