Appeal 2007-1665
Application 09/534,973
1 Claim 1 under appeal reads as follows:
2 1. (Previously Presented) A glass product comprising:
3 a main container body having a closed bottom;
4 a secondary container body; and
5 a collar opened to an exterior of the product interposed between and
6 communicating with said main container body and the secondary
7 container body, said collar having an axis not parallel to an axis of
8 said main container body and an axis of said secondary container
9 body, the collar being integral with the main and secondary container
10 bodies, and the collar
11 extending beyond a cross section of the main body.
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13 The Examiner rejected claims 1-5 and 16-33 under 35 U.S.C.
14 § 103(a) (2004).
15 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
16 appeal is:
17 Paley US 1,971,164 Aug. 21, 1934
18 Jennings US 4,079,859 Mar. 21, 1978
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20 Appellants contend that there is no reason to modify the teachings of
21 Paley in view of Jennings.
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23 ISSUE
24 The issue is whether the Appellants have shown that the Examiner
25 erred in holding that the claimed subject matter would have been obvious in
26 view of the teachings of Paley in view of Jennings.
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29 FINDINGS OF FACT
30 Paley discloses a container for use in a centrifuge for separating butter
31 fat from other substances in butter, cheese, cream, milk or like substances
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