Ex parte BETTS - Page 2




          Appeal No. 98-0383                                         Page 2           
          Application No. 08/549,869                                                  


               The appellant’s invention is directed to a sheet of                    
          wrapping paper having pressure sensitive adhesive material                  
          adhered to a portion thereof (claim 6), and to the combination              
          of the sheet with a gift box (claim 1).  The claims before us               
          on appeal have been reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.                 


                                    THE REFERENCES                                    
               The references relied upon by the examiner to support the              
          final rejection are:                                                        
          Culberg et al. (Culberg)           3,489,333                Jan.            
          13, 1970                                                                    
          Weder et al. (Weder ‘229)     5,007,229                Apr. 16,             
          1991                                                                        
               Additional reference applied by the Board:                             
          Weder (Weder ‘638)            5,111,638                May  12,             
          1992                                                                        


                              THE EXAMINER’S REJECTIONS                               
               Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                  
          paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly                  












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