Appeal No. 2001-0079
Application No. 09/092,702
More particularly, the device has a protective shell which houses
a flexible pouch which contains the ink or other liquid to be
dispensed.
Claim 7 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
7. In a liquid containment and dispensing device
having a rigid, generally cup-shaped outer shell with an
open end, a chassis secured to the open end of the shell,
the chassis having a pumping mechanism with a liquid inlet
thereinto and a liquid outlet therefrom, wherein the chassis
has a perimetrical wall, the improvement wherein:
the perimetrical wall of the chassis fits snugly within
the open end of the shell, one of the perimetrical wall of
the chassis and the open end of the shell having at least
one outwardly projecting bead, the other of the perimetrical
wall of the chassis and the open end of the shell having at
least one radially inwardly projecting recess, the at least
one bead being received in the at least one recess in a snap
fit.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Muscala 4,758,456 Jul. 19, 1988
Gross 5,246,147 Sep. 21, 1993
Oda et al. 5,552,816 Sep. 03, 1996
(filed May 28, 1993)
Ujita et al. (Ujita) EP 0 562 717 A1 Sep. 29, 1993
(Published European Patent Application)
Claims 7-10, 19-22, 25, and 26 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner
offers Gross in view of Oda with respect to claims 7, 19, 25, and
26, Gross in view of Muscala with respect to claims 8 and 20, and
Gross in view of Ujita with respect to claims 9, 10, 21, and 22.
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