Appeal No. 98-0383 Page 9
Application No. 08/549,869
Claim 6 is directed to a self adhering wrapper which
comprises a rectangular sheet of material having a front
surface and a back surface, a pressure sensitive material
adhered only to the periphery of the back surface and forming a
continuous uninterrupted rectangular adhesive frame about the
rectangular sheet, and a continuous detachable attached backing
strip releasably adhered over the adhesive portion of the
periphery only of the wrapping material to thereby form a
continuous rectangular frame having a periphery co-extensive
with the periphery of the adhesive material and the rectangular
sheet.
Weder ‘638 discloses a number of embodiments of wrapping
sheets having pressure sensitive adhesive portions on one side.
Of particular interest are the ones shown in Figures 11 and 12,
which are sheets of wrapping material provided around their
entire peripheries with a continuous uninterrupted rectangular
frame of pressure sensitive adhesive material. The usefulness
of these sheets in wrapping packages is specifically mentioned
(column 9, line 23; column 10, line 3). While with specific
regard to Figure 11 the patent states that when used as a
wrapping for packages “it is preferable in some applications”
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