Ex Parte Fath et al - Page 2



         Appeal No. 2006-1371                                                       
         Application No. 10/323,250                                                 
                                   THE INVENTION                                    
              The appellants claim a package comprising an enclosure and a          
         plurality of removable product packs therein, and claim a method           
         for making the package.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                          
              1. A package comprising:                                              
              a packaging enclosure having an interior surface and                  
         including opposite side and end walls;                                     
              a plurality of removable product packs each having a given            
         height inside the enclosure engaging the interior surface thereof          
         and the side and end walls;                                                
              each of the side and end walls having a height substantially          
         equal to the given height of the product packs; and                        
              each of the packs including outer wrap material at least a            
         portion of which is secured to the interior surface of the                 
         enclosure such that upon removal of a product pack from the                
         enclosure at least a portion of the outer wrap material remains            
         secured to the enclosure.                                                  
                                   THE REFERENCES                                   
         Carnes                           2,920,759        Jan. 12, 1960            
         Evers et al. (Evers)             5,147,037        Sep. 15, 1992            
         Chacko et al. (Chacko)        2003/0121805        Jul.  3, 2003            
         (filed Sep. 13, 2002)                                                      
                                   THE REJECTIONS                                   
              The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:           
         claims 19-23 over Carnes; claims 1, 6-18 and 24-27 over Evers in           
         view of Carnes; and claims 1-5 over Chacko in view of Carnes.              



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