Appeal No. 1996-0743
Application 08/152,741
Appellant’s invention pertains to a self mailer formed
from a single cut sheet and including a return envelope. A
copy of the appealed claims appears in an appendix to
appellant’s brief.1
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Stewart et al. (Stewart) 4,715,531 Dec. 29,
1987
Sauerwine et al. (Sauerwine) 5,289,972 Mar. 1,
1994
Claims 7, 9, 15-18 and 20-23 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stewart.
Claims 5, 19 and 24-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Stewart in view of Sauerwine.
The rejections are explained in the initial office action
(Paper No. 3, mailed June 29, 1994) and the examiner’s answer
1In the copy of claim 15 appearing in the appendix to the
brief, at line 11, --, said second tear strip having adhesive
applied thereto-- should appear after “said second side”, and
at lines 23-24, “said adhesive on said first and second thin
strips of adhesive and” should be deleted. In the copy of
claim 24 appearing in the appendix to the brief, at line 11, -
-, said second tear strip having adhesive applied thereto--
should appear after “said second side”.
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