Appeal No. 1996-0743
Application 08/152,741
unpatentable over Stewart cannot be sustained.
Claims 15-18 and 20-23
The last paragraph of independent claim 15 calls for the
base sheet to be folded along a base fold line 78 and secured
by the first and second thin strips of adhesive 70, 74 and the
adhesive 64 on the first and second tear strips 32, 38 to
define an envelope. The examiner has not explained, and it is
not apparent to us, where Stewart teaches an envelope formed
by folding the sheet along a base fold line and securing it by
first and second sets of adhesive strips to define an
envelope, as now claimed. In this regard, Stewart’s first set
of adhesive strips 43, 45 act alone to form the first envelope
and Stewart’s second set of adhesive strips 53, 55 act alone
to form the second return envelope.
For this reason, the standing § 103 rejection of
independent claim 15 as being unpatentable over Stewart, as
well as claims 16-18 and 20-23 that depend therefrom, cannot
be sustained.
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