Appeal No. 1997-3874
Application 08/446,295
col. 5, lines 2-5).
Taillie discloses binding sheets by forming a high
density of fused toner on an area where the sheets are to be
bound, and refusing this toner to bind the sheets together
(col. 1, lines 11-17 and 24-27; col. 2, lines 52-54; col. 3,
line
67 - col. 4, line 15; col. 5, lines 1-19; col. 6, lines 44-
70). Taillie teaches that the sheets are bound by the toner
“without requiring any separate or additional binding
materials” (col.
1, lines 15-16) and that “a secure inter-sheet binding may be
achieved utilizing only the conventional and commercially
available printing indicia [i.e., toner] itself as the sole
sheet binding agent, rather than adhesives or other separate
bindings” (col. 2, lines 23-27).
Schoder discloses an adhesive surface which adheres to
sheets which are covered with printer’s ink and which will not
cause the sheets to curl or buckle (page 1, lines 13-17). The
adhesive surface includes powdered adhesive applied to a layer
of anhydrous sizing while the sizing is still tacky (page 1,
lines 78-107).
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