Application of Robert B. Keegan

ALMOND, Judge.

Robert B. Keegan appeals from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 13 to 15 of an application 1 for patent on a pre-threaded needle package. No claims were allowed.

The application recites that the invention relates generally to the packaging art and is particularly concerned with a new package of sterilized, noncorrodible needles threaded with sutures. The package and contents are for surgical use in the closing of incisions.

The package comprises an envelope formed from two rectangular strips of thin transparent material sealed together along…