Appeal No. 2002-0175
Application No. 09/090,225
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hibbert in view Conklin or Lee,
Gilbert, and Wyman.
For the reasons set forth in the brief, and below, we
reverse each of the above-noted rejections.
OPINION
At issue is whether the combination of applied references
teach or suggest a panel of film material being sealed length-
wise thereof to define a plurality of small diameter pressurized
tubes such that adjacent tubes share a lengthwise seal.
I. Claim Interpretation
The meaning of the phrase, “panel of film material being
sealed length-wise thereof to define a plurality of small
diameter pressurized tubes such that adjacent tubes share a
lengthwise seal”, is best defined with reference to Figure 4 of
appellant’s specification, reproduced below.
In Figure 4, there is panel 28 of a film material wherein
the panel is sealed lengthwise to define a plurality of small
diameter pressurized tubes 32 such that adjacent tubes 32 share
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