Appeal Number: 2006-2894
Application Number: 10/375,188
independent claim, i.e., claim 1. See 37 CFR
§ 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004).
Lin discloses an insecticide or insect repellent
dispenser (14) attached to the inner wall (13) of a trash
bag (10) that can be made of polyethylene (which is
thermoplastic) (col. 2, lines 12-24 and 66-67). When a tear
strip (36) on the dispenser is pulled, insecticide or insect
repellent that is inside the dispenser’s tubular chamber (30)
and is in the form of a solution, emulsion or powder is released
and flows downwardly along the inner sides of the trash bag and
over trash in the bag (col. 2, lines 30-36). “Preferably a
volatile material is utilized to generate fumes throughout the
container to repel or kill vermin seeking entry” (col. 3,
lines 41-43). The dispenser can have a plastic backing
plate (18) fused or attached by heat sensitive adhesive to the
inner wall (col. 3, lines 5-10). Alternatively, the insecticide
or insect repellent can be coated onto a backing plate (618,1
718; figure 7) attached to the inside or outside of the trash
bag (col. 5, lines 48-56). The illustrated trash bags have
first and second body panels joined along a pair of opposing
1 Backing plate 618 is omitted from Lin’s figures.
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