Appeal 2006-3311
Application 10/392,525
1 1. A reclosable food container assembled from a unitary blank,
2 the container comprising:
3 a bottom panel;
4 a first pair of opposing side panels extending from the
5 bottom panel;
6 a second pair of opposing side panels extending from the
7 bottom panel;
8 a plurality of foldable gussets; each gusset connecting
9 two adjacent side panels;
10 a first pair of opposing closure panels extending from the
11 first pair of opposing side panels and each closure panel having
12 an opposing hook closure device; and
13 a second pair of opposing closure panels extending from
14 the second pair of opposing side panels and each closure panel
15 having an opposing hook closure device,
16 wherein the pairs of closure panels may be closed in an
17 arbitrary order.
18
19 The Examiner has rejected claims 1, 5, 7-11, and 13-15 under 35
20 U.S.C. § 103(a) (2004).
21 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
22 appeal is:
23 Collins US 2,562,261 Jul. 31, 1951
24 Thiolat US 3,012,705 Dec. 12, 1961
25 DeMay US 5,411,204 May 02, 1995
26
27 The rejections under review in this appeal are as follow:
28 Claims 1, 5, 7-11, and 13-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
29 as being unpatentable over the combined teachings of DeMay and Collins.
30 Claims 9, 11, and 13-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
31 being unpatentable over the combined teachings of DeMay and Collins,
32 further in view of Thiolat.
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