Appeal No. 1996-0743
Application 08/152,741
of adhesive 57 on the side of the sheet that will become the
inside of the second return envelope (see Figures 2 and 6).
If, on the one hand, we attempt to read the claimed lateral
strip of adhesive on Stewart’s strip 47, the top of the sheet
and the bottom of the sheet must be as viewed in Figure 1
because claim 7 requires that the lateral strip of adhesive be
located between the transverse line of weakening and the
bottom of the sheet. Under these circumstances, it certainly
would not have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art to relocate strip 47 of Stewart so
that its lower edge is about 7" from the bottom of the sheet,
as called for in claim 7, because to do so would result in a
tear strip that would be excessively large, resulting in
needless waste of material. If, on the other hand, we attempt
to read the claimed lateral strip of adhesive on Stewart’s
strip 57, and further consider the top of the sheet to be as
shown in Figure 2, relocating the strip so that its lower edge
is about 7" from the bottom of the sheet would again result in
the same excessively large tear strip and needless waste of
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