Appeal 2007-2072
Application 10/220,606
1 1) a closed receptacle in a first chamber, and 2) a selectively openable passage area
2 between the first chamber and a pouch.
3 Rejections over Discko in view of Sirago and
4 over Discko in view of Sirago and Franck
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6 Discko discloses “a single patient dose package for storing, dispensing, and
7 applying a material or medicament that requires an applicator such as a brush,
8 swab, spatula or the like” (Discko, col. 2, ll. 10-13). In the most relevant
9 embodiment the package has in a tray (210, which corresponds to one of the
10 Appellants’ foils) and is covered by a cover (226, which corresponds to the other
11 of the Appellants’ foils) having a medicament well (212, which corresponds to the
12 Appellants’ first chamber) and an applicator well (214, which corresponds to the
13 Appellants’ pouch), between which is an adhesive free section (229) (Discko,
14 col. 5, ll. 46-59). “This adhesive free section forms a channel between the
15 medicament well 212 and the applicator well 214” (Discko, col. 5, ll. 59-61).
16 Squeezing the medicament well forces medicament to pass through the adhesive
17 free section into the applicator well and onto an applicator cotton swab in the
18 applicator well (Discko, col. 5, l. 62 – col. 6, l. 3; figs. 11, 12).
19 Sirago discloses a color comparison kit for detecting substances such as
20 illegal drugs in blood and urine (Sirago, col. 1, ll. 3-14). The kit comprises a
21 sealed, flexible, disposable package having recesses (20-25) containing ampules of
22 liquid chemicals (13, 14, 15) (Sirago, col. 2, ll. 19-27; col. 3, ll. 25-28). The
23 ampules customarily are made of thin glass and have a central portion (19) with a
24 weaken wall that can be easily broken to release the liquid chemical (Sirago, col. 2,
25 ll. 7-17). The released liquids flow through arcuate enlargements (37, 38, 39) and
26 canals (31, 32, 33) to a mixing pocket (30) containing the substance to be analyzed
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