Appeal No. 2000-1889
Application No. 08/828,903
Claim 19 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and reads as follows:
19. A package for a product, comprising:
a product;
a support member supporting the product;
a first film sealed to the support member, said
first film having at least one opening therein;
a second film sealed to the first film such that
said second film covers said at least one opening in
said first film, said second film having a gas
transmission rate of at least about 50,000 cc/m2/24
hrs./atm. at 73ºF, said product being enclosed within
said support member by said first and second films;
a third, substantially gas-impermeable film for
enclosing the first and second films;
whereby removal of the third, impermeable film
Mows for a flow of gases through said second film and
said at least one opening, into and out of the package.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are:
Graney 5,132,151 Jul. 21, 1992
Watanabe et al. (Watanabe) 5,241,149 Aug. 31, 1993
Gorlich 5,348,752 Sep. 20, 1994
Claims 19, 20, 22, 23, 25 and 26 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures
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