Ex Parte SMITH - Page 3



            Appeal 2007-1925                                                                                
            Application 09/391,869                                                                          
                         glued to the first surface of the base sheet to form                               
                         continuous two ply seams defining a closed pocket and                              
                         the free edge section being unattached to the base sheet                           
                         to form a pocket opening along the free edge section                               
                         between the first surface and the inner surface of the                             
                         pocket sheet, wherein the base sheet and the pocket sheet                          
                         are arranged such that the pocket opening faces the                                
                         binding.                                                                           

                         10. The book of claim 9 [which depends ultimately from                             
                         claim 1], wherein the base sheet and the pocket sheet are                          
                         further adhered to one another along a strip parallel to the                       
                         third and fourth edges of the sheets, so as to separate two                        
                         pockets formed between the sheets.                                                 

                         35. An improved pocket insert for operably passing                                 
                         through a printer or a copier in sequence with a single                            
                         sheet of paper having a given width and a given length,                            
                         the improvement comprising:                                                        
                               (a) a base sheet having a single thickness and a                             
                         binding edge located at an end of the sheet, the base sheet                        
                         having a width equal to the given width and a length                               
                         equal to the given length;                                                         
                               (b) a pocket sheet having a single sheet thickness;                          
                               (c) an adhesive between the base sheet and the                               
                         pocket sheet to bond the base sheet to the pocket sheet to                         
                         form a pocket with an opening facing the binding edge,                             
                         the pocket insert having a thickness rendering the insert                          
                         passable through a copier or printer in sequence with a                            
                         sheet of paper having the given width and length, the                              
                         thickness of the pocket insert being at its maximum equal                          
                         to a combined thickness of the base sheet single                                   

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