Appeal 2007-0135
Application 10/138,088
1 Claim 1 is representative of the claims under appeal and reads as
2 follows:
3 1. A beverage container closure in combination with a beverage
4 container comprising
5 a beverage container including a mouth having an annular rim
6 and a top surface,
7 a cap including a top wall and an annular skirt depending from
8 the top wall,
9 a monolithic cap liner including a mount coupled to the top
10 wall, a first seal ring having a crest arranged to depend from the mount by a
11 certain distance, and a second outermost seal ring having a crest arranged to
12 depend from the mount by a lesser distance and surround the first seal ring,
13 and
14 the first and second seal rings spaced inwardly from the annular
15 skirt at a distance that provides compressive sealing of the crests on the top
16 surface of the beverage container and wherein the first seal ring engages the
17 top surface of the beverage container and is compressed by contact with the
18 top surface prior to the second seal ring contacting the top surface of the
19 beverage container.
20
21 The Examiner rejected claims 1 and 17-25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
22 (2004) as being unpatentable over Crisci in view of Guinet and Luch.
23 The Examiner rejected claims 2-16 and 26-42 under 35 U.S.C.
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