Ex Parte Gong et al - Page 5

                Appeal 2006-3391                                                                             
                Application 10/371,485                                                                       
                19 to activate the pre-applied dry adhesive.  At least one cooling element 27,               
                28 is positioned just downstream of the heating elements on each side of the                 
                exit ramp 19 to set the activated adhesive.  (Adams 5:19-20 and 33-39.)                      
                Adams' disclosure of activating the pre-applied dry adhesive after folding                   
                side flaps 7, 8, bottom tabs 9, 10 and side walls 11, 12 belies any notion that              
                the pre-applied adhesive used by Adams is not reactivatable when the                         
                adhesive 6 on the side flaps 7, 8 and bottom tabs 9, 10 contacts side walls                  
                11, 12.                                                                                      
                FF6 In accordance with Appellants' Specification, "[t]he article to be                       
                packaged may be inserted into the package either during the formation of the                 
                package, such as in conventional wrap-around packaging, or after, such as in                 
                conventional Bliss box packaging, tray formation, in the manufacture of                      
                boxes and bags" (Specification 3-4).                                                         
                FF7 Appellants do not dispute the Examiner's determination (Answer 3-4)                      
                that it would have been obvious to provide the method of Adams with an                       
                ultrasonic device in the form of a horn for generating the ultrasonic waves to               
                activate the adhesive.  Appellants also do not dispute the Examiner's                        
                determinations (Answer 5) that it would have been obvious to produce such                    
                ultrasonic waves at from about 20 kHz to about 40 kHz, in view of the                        
                teachings of Samida, in order to activate the pre-applied adhesive and to                    
                provide a paper bag having a pre-applied adhesive, as taught by Moore, as                    
                an alternative for packaging the cigarette packs of Adams.                                   

                                               DISCUSSION                                                    
                      The pre-applied adhesive used by Adams is reactivatable (FF5).                         
                Moreover, it is not reactivated until after the side flaps 7, 8, bottom tabs 9,              

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