Appeal No. 2003-058
Application 09/390,190
packaging machine, and, in particular, to a quick-change,
reclosable zipper seal jaw module” (specification, page 2).
Representative claim 1 reads as follows:2
1. A reclose module for installation on the bridge
assemblies of a sealing carriage, said module comprising:
two support members;
two opposed zipper seal facings, each attached to a
respective support member,
two opposed jaw facings, each attached to a respective
support member, and
wherein upon installation of the support members on said
bridge assemblies, the zipper seal facings and jaw facings are
located approximately equidistant from the axis of the force
vectors transmitted from the bridge assemblies to the support
members during sealing operations and the jaw facings are below
the zipper seal facings, further wherein said reclose module is a
single unit that can be installed on and removed from the sealing
carriage as a unit.
THE PRIOR ART
The prior art items relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Voeller 1,529,518 Mar. 10, 1925
Runo et al. (Runo) 3,538,676 Nov. 10, 1970
Henry et al. (Henry) 3,616,087 Oct. 26, 1971
Leibinger 3,678,562 Jul. 25, 1972
Doede 5,511,363 Apr. 30, 1996
Malin et al. (Malin) 5,592,802 Jan. 14, 1997
The prior art discussed on pages 2 through 11 of the appellants’
specification and shown in Figures 1 through 3 of the appellants’
drawings (the admitted prior art)
2 The terms “aligning handles” in claim 2 and “said seal
module” in claim 19 should be changed to --aligning handle-- and
--said reclose module--, respectively, to be consistent with
surrounding claim terminology.
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