Ex parte MIKELIONIS et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 98-2123                                                          
          Application No. 08/326,669                                                  


          first placement of the card components in a laminating                      
          machine, those portions of (a) the top and bottom edges of the              
          cut-out 9, (b) the inner surfaces of the front and back panels              
          and (c) the outermost portion of the sealed compartment which               
          are adjacent the empty compartments form a sleeve that is                   
          "integrally bound therein" as broadly set forth in independent              
          claim 1.                                                                    
               As the appellants have noted, spacer 55 may also be used               
          to insert the microfilm segments into the compartments 53                   
          before there is any lamination of the panels and core (see                  
          col. 5, lines 15-17).  However, Grover goes on to state that                
          the spacer 55 is inserted into the pocket and is                            
               positioned so that its end 56 is located slightly                      
               outwardly (toward the core side edge 8) of the most                    
               outward adhesive line 28 whereat the front and back                    
               panels 15 and 16 are to be thermally laminated                         
               together.  For example, if two microfilm segments 54                   
               are to be thermally sealed within respective                           
               compartments 53, the spacer end 56 is placed just                      
               outwardly of the second adhesive line 28 from the                      
               core blind end 10.                                                     
                    The core 2, panels 15 and 16, microfilm segments                  
               54 and spacer 55 are then subjected to heat and                        
               pressure in a conventional plastic laminating                          
               machine (not shown).  The heat sensitive adhesive 25                   
               thereby thermally laminates or bonds the front panel                   
               15 to the core front surface 3, the back panel 16 to                   

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