Appeal No. 2006-1371
Application No. 10/323,250
OPINION
We reverse the rejection over Carnes, affirm the rejection
over Evers in view of Carnes, affirm the rejection over Chacko in
view of Carnes, and remand the application to the examiner to
consider new rejections of claims 19-23.
Rejection over Carnes
Carnes discloses a package for dispensing, one at a time, a
plurality of wrapped individual packages such as cigarette packs
(col. 1, lines 16-20; col. 2, line 55; figures 1 and 3). The
wrapped individual packages (10) are placed on a supporting
tray (11), and the bottoms of their wrappers (15) are adhesively
fastened to the bottom (17) of the tray (col. 1, lines 57-60;
col. 2, lines 17-19). Each of the wrappers has a line of
weakness around it such that when the individual package is
removed from the tray, the wrapper severs along the line of
weakness leaving a portion (18) of the wrapper adhesively
attached to the tray and exposing an opened end of the individual
package (col. 2, lines 20-28). Thus, the dispensing package
provides quick access to the contents of the wrapped individual
package by combining into a single step what formerly took two
steps (removing and opening) (col. 3, lines 12-15). Also, the
dispensing package saves carton material and provides an
attractive multiple package display (col. 3, lines 15-17).
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