Appeal No. 2006-1300
Application No. 08/203,672
DISCUSSION
I. The 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 20-23 as
being anticipated by Graham
Graham discloses a pouch for packaging, freezing,
storing and/or transporting viable and perishable materials
such as blood components. As shown in Figure 1, the pouch
11 comprises a front side wall 13 and a rear side wall 15
formed by a transparent, flattened, tubular plastic film, a
transverse seal 17 closing the bottom of the pouch, a
transverse seal 25 generally closing the top of the pouch
and a transverse seal 19 extending between the top and
bottom seals. The seal 19 divides the pouch into an upper
filling compartment 27 and a lower label compartment 21.
The pouch also includes a filling/emptying tube 29, a vent
tube 31 and a pressure sensitive label 23. The tubes 29
and 31 extend through the top seal 25 and provide, via
suitable plug or clamp means, selectively sealable
communication between the exterior of the pouch and the
filling compartment 27. The label 23 lies within the label
compartment 21 and displays information written thereon by
pressure applied through the overlying plastic film.
Figure 1 indicates that the information can pertain to the
date, donor and type of blood component contained in the
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