Appeal No. 2006-1740
Application No. 10/337,124
OPINION
For the reasons set forth in the Answer and below, we
sustain this rejection.
Tilman discloses a resealable package 10 with first
and second panels 19, 20 that are heat sealed along the
edges (Figure 2; col. 3, lines 21-28). We note that Tilman
contemplates an embodiment where “two separate sheets of
film” may be used to form the package 10 (col. 3, lines 28-
33). Package 10 includes a resealable closure mechanism 14
in “the specific form of a zipper-type closure mechanism”
having “opposite first and second interlocking or mating
closure profiles 130, 131 that under the application of
pressure will interlock and close a region (not shown),
between the closure profiles 130, 131” (col. 3, lines 50-
60). The closure profiles 130, 131 include sealing flanges
132, 142, which join the respective closure profiles 130,
131 to the respective panels 19, 20 (col. 3, lines 31-33,
44-46, 53-54, 64-67). The resealable closure mechanism 14
works in combination with a slider device 160 (col. 6,
lines 1-3). As shown in Figure 2 of Tilman, first and
second panels 19, 20 extend above the resealable closure
mechanism 14 and are joined into a closed edge 18 to form a
tamper evident structure 180 (col. 7, lines 15-18). As
noted above, if two separate panels are used to form the
package 10, the closed edge 18 can be formed by heat-
sealing the first and second panels 19, 20 (col. 3, lines
28-32). Tilman also teaches that the “closed edge 18 can
be opened by cutting the first closed edge 18 or by tearing
the first closed edge 18 from the package 10” (col. 3,
lines 41-44).
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