Appeal No. 2006-1088
Application No. 09/974,400
said second profile flange being attached to said first profile
flange by a peel seal; and
a slider disposed on said interlocking members, said slider
being adapted to open the zipper as it is moved along said
interlocking members in an opening direction and to close the
zipper as it is moved along said interlocking members in a
closing direction.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Yeager 5,829,884 Nov. 3, 1998
Thieman 5,956,924 Sep. 28, 1999
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a reclosable
zipper having first and second profiles which include
interlocking members and flanges extending laterally from only
one side of the interlocking member. The zipper also comprises
a slider disposed on the interlocking members to facilitate
opening and closing the zipper.
Appealed claims 1, 3-9 and 11-14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yeager in view of
Thieman.
Appellant does not separately argue any particular claim on
appeal. Accordingly, all the appealed claims stand or fall
together with claim 1. In re McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379, 1383,
63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
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