Appeal No. 2006-0836
Application No. 10/154,221
a zipper disposed transversely across said
package between said front and back sheets and sealed
thereto at said top of said package to provide a
reclosable opening therefor, said zipper having two
interlocking profiles each integrally formed with a
web and having a slider to facilitate the opening and
closing thereof, one of said webs being sealed to the
front sheet and the other of said webs being sealed to
the back sheet while both of said webs remain unsealed
to each other, whereby said zipper is sealed to said
front and back sheets, said interlocking profiles
being above said line of weakness relative to said top
and said front sheet being sealed to one of said webs
below said line of weakness, said front and back
sheets being connected to one another with a peel seal
above said zipper, thereby forming a header for
hanging said package for display above said zipper
relative to said top, to provide said package with
tamper-evident features.
The Examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Hustad et al. (Hustad) 5,077,064 Dec. 31, 1991
La Pierre et al. (La Pierre) 5,121,997 June 16, 1992
Ausnit 6,131,369 Oct. 17, 2000
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being obvious over Ausnit, La Pierre and Hustad.
We refer to the brief and to the answer for a discussion of
the respective viewpoints expressed by the Appellant and by the
Examiner concerning the above noted rejection.
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