Appeal No. 2003-1946
Application 09/156,952
(col. 2, lines 53-54).2 The body has thereon vertically oriented
anti-rotation ridges (34) (col. 3, lines 47-49) having lower
edges which are closer to the open end than to the closed end
(figures 1 and 2).3 Brodner does not describe the shape of the
specimen container’s anti-rotation ridges. Brodner, however,
teaches that these ridges are in pressing engagement between (not
against) the sleeve’s inner ridges (58) to prevent twisting or
turning of the sleeve on the specimen container (col. 3,
lines 47-49). This teaching would have fairly suggested, to one
of ordinary skill in the art, specimen container ridges and
sleeve ridges having the same shape for maximizing the pressing
engagement and thereby maximizing the prevention of twisting or
turning of the sleeve on the specimen container. Thus, like the
sleeve’s inner ridges, the specimen container’s anti-rotation
ridges would have a generally flat, longitudinally disposed
surface extending radially outward from the specimen container’s
outer surface, as shown in figures 2 and 4 and, as shown
particularly in figure 4, could have a lower edge shape which is
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2 As discussed above, it is undisputed that it would have
been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to place between
the body and the cap a seal which is capable of forming a
substantially fluid-tight seal between them.
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3 In figure 2 the numbers 10 and 34 should be reversed.
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