Appeal No. 2006-1300
Application No. 08/203,672
b) removing said tear off strip to reveal a milk
receiving chamber of said bag; and
c) mounting said bag to said bag holder;
wherein milk is introduced in said chamber between
said steps b) and c) or after step c).
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support
the final rejection are:
Graham 3,905,477 Sep. 16, 1975
Yanase (Yanase ‘104) 4,600,104 Jul. 15, 1986
Yanase (Yanase ‘006) 4,634,006 Jan. 06, 1987
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 20-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Graham.
Claims 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Yanase ‘104.
Claims 20-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Yanase ‘006 in view of Graham.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs
(filed June 24, 2003 and August 18, 2005) and the final
rejection and answer (mailed September 25, 2002 and
May 16, 2005) for the respective positions of the
appellants and examiner regarding the merits of these
rejections.
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