Appeal No. 2003-1394
Application 09/620,202
b) placing the product in the cavity formed by the product
support member;
c) placing an oriented, heat shrinkable film over the
product;
d) sealing the oriented, heat shrinkable film to the flange
of the product support member;
e) cutting at least some of the oriented, heat shrinkable
film at a location beyond the perimeter of the product support
member,
f) shrinking the oriented, heat shrinkable film extending
beyond the perimeter of the product support member such that the
oriented, heat shrinkable film shrinks back to the flange and
forms a bead thereon.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Stewart 4,867,336 Sep. 19, 1989
Bakker et al. (Bakker) 5,249,410 Oct. 5, 1993
Walton et al. (Walton) 5,562,958 Oct. 8, 1996
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 20, 22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Bakker in view of Stewart.
Claim 24 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Bakker in view of Stewart and Walton.
Attention is directed to the brief (Paper No. 14) and answer
(Paper No. 15) for the respective positions of the appellants and
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
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