Appeal No. 96-2712
Application 08/313,548
Notwithstanding appellants' above-noted arguments to the
contrary, we find nothing in Coit, Clark or Standal which would
preclude each of the clearly flexible card carrying mailing
folders of these references from being considered to be an
"automatic insertion adapted carrier form" (emphasis added), as
set forth in appellants' claims on appeal. In this regard, we
note particularly that Coit (page 1, lines 86-90) indicates that
the sheet (1) of the mailer therein is formed of "suitable stock,
which is preferably somewhat heavier and somewhat stiffer than
the usual writing paper." Thus, it is apparent to us that the
paper stock used in Coit would inherently possess a degree of
stiffness and flexibility so as to be capable of use in an
appropriate automatic insertion apparatus and that the corner
pockets (defined by the slits 2 and tabs 3, or slits 7) would be
inherently capable of resiliently flexing from the planar body of
the mailer when the planar body is automatically bent to open the
pockets for receipt of one of the two pairs of opposed corners of
the card to be received therein. As a further point regarding
appellants' argument that the carriers of Coit, Clark and Standal
are not "adapted for automatic insertion," we expressly note that
appellants have provided no explanation or evidence in support of
this bare assertion.
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