Appeal No. 98-1428
Application No. 08/590,388
Further, in Jaeger column 4, lines 27-30, it is noted
that the adhesive strip should be applied to the sidewall of
the bag that will confront the side that is folded down when
the bag is closed for disposal.
Given the collective teachings of Metcalf and Jaeger, it
is our opinion that it would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art at the time of appellant’s invention
to provide the liner bag (4) of Metcalf with an adhesive strip
positioned as in Jaeger so as to allow the liner bag of
Metcalf to be used in the general manner suggested in Jaeger,
i.e., by being adhered to
the edge of a table by the adhesive strip (36), or to a
surface of the dashboard of a motor vehicle, and used for the
collection of waste material, and then closed and disposed of
by having an upper portion of the bag folded down and brought
into contact with the adhesive strip so as to seal the bag
prior to disposal.
As for the release paper of claim 7 on appeal, Jaeger
provides a teaching of such a release covering at (38) to
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