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 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007