Appeal No. 2003-0589
Application No. 09/564,326
large amounts of waste material and wherein each upper edge and
each lower edge of each plastic bag has a functioning zipper,
with at least the lower edge of each bag also having a sealing
line disposed parallel to and proximate to the zipper on the
lower edge. Independent claim 1 is representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of that claim can be found in the
examiner's answer (page 3).
The prior art references of record expressly relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Clark 5,968,310 Oct. 19, 1999
Ouchi 6,068,585 May 30, 2000
Claims 1 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Ouchi in view of Clark.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding the rejection, we make reference to the final rejection
(Paper No. 9, mailed December 31, 2001) and examiner's answer
(Paper No. 17, mailed September 25, 2002) for the reasoning in
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