Appeal 2005-0801 Application 09/848,628 shaped retainer is a lid lip or catch (10) for releasably retaining the hood to the lid. 39. The Examiner held that: It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art to have provided the Gehr organic waste container with [an] L-shaped retainer, catch, and hood as taught by Kuel in order to provide it with a means to releasably retain said hood with its lid. 40. On May 1, 1998, applicant filed an amendment responding to the Examiner's first Office action (Res. to first action). 41. As shown below, the amendment amended claims 1 and 7 ({curly brackets} indicate a deletion from the claim by Applicant, underline indicates an insertion into the claim by Applicant). 42. Claim 1 as originally filed was amended to include the limitations of claim 2 originally filed and claim 2 was cancelled. Claim 1 as amended reads as follows: Claim 1. (Amended) A waste cart [20] that enables the drying of moist waste therein including: a hollow body [22] having; a lower portion [not labeled]; an upper portion [32] defining: an opening for loading and unloading waste from said hollow body [22]; and at least one vent hole [50] in the lower portion; and a lid [40] for closing said opening for loading and unloading waste from said hollow body [22], said lid [40] including: at least one lid vent [54 & 72] there through including: a vent hole [72] in said lid [40]; and 12Page: Previous 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007