Appeal No. 96-3830
Application 08/173,065
the entire outer surfaces of said repair patch containing a heat
sensitive glue" (claim 7), and at least one interiorly-turned
seam, which seam is reinforced by the glue that had been applied
to the exterior or outer surfaces of the patch . 4
In rejecting claim 2, the examiner has relied upon the basic
combination of the Buck, Potter, Benstock, and Isoe references.
The patent to Buck (Figures 2 and 4) teaches a repair patch
for garment pockets. The patch is sewed along adjacent edges 7
and includes a strip of adhesive 6 along an upper portion of an
outer surface thereof. The adhesive can be normally non-stick
and non-tacky but is rendered sticky and tacky by the application
of heat (column 3, lines 33 through 51). As pointed out by the
patentee, a hot pressing iron applied to the outer surface of a
pocket 9 makes the adhesive 6 sticky and tacky to securely retain
the repair patch in the desired position within the lowermost
portion of the pocket (column 4, lines 10 through 16). The
Potter patent (Figures 1 and 3) addresses a pocket which includes
a rubber coating applied to the inner surfaces of folded sides
In light of appellant's disclosure, we understand the claimed terms4
"pocket-like" member and an interiorly-inturned "seam" that is reinforced, as
follows. A "pocket-like" member denotes a member sized and configured like a
pocket (specification, page 2). A "seam" denotes a stitched entity which, as
disclosed, is glue-reinforced (specification, page 9).
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