Appeal No. 1995-5015
Application 08/036,272
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejection is not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.
Holmström discloses a method for producing a packaging
material wherein a laminate is formed by fastening a metal
foil web to a paper or cardboard web by use of a thermoplastic
adhesive, the laminate is passed between pressure/cooling
rollers, a layer of plastic is extruded onto the metal foil
web, and the resulting laminate is passed between another set
of pressure/cooler rollers (col. 4, lines 20-32 and 54-56;
figure 1). Holmström does not apply a plastic film to a first
surface of a metal foil web to form a laminate, and attach a
second surface of the metal foil web of the laminate to a core
layer by use of a binder material as required by appellants’
claims.
Löfgren discloses a method for forming a laminate which
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