Ex parte CUMMINGS - Page 2




           Appeal No. 1997-3243                                                                      
           Application 08/290,093                                                                    


           nonelected invention.                                                                     
                                          THE INVENTION                                              
                 Appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a                                  
           product for forming mailers, which includes a paper web which                             
           has a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to at least one of                              
           its faces in a pattern for forming mailers.  The web is wound                             
           into a roll to form multiple plies under a specified tension                              
           such that the magnitude of the tension and the weight of the                              
           roll are insufficient for the adhesive on one roll ply to                                 
           adhere to an adjacent roll ply.  Claim 10 is illustrative and                             
           reads as follows:                                                                         
                 10.  A roll pressure seal product for forming mailers                               
           comprising:                                                                               
                 a roll formed of a paper web wound to form multiple                                 
           plies;                                                                                    
                 a pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to portions of at                             
           least one face of said paper web and arranged in a                                        
           predetermined pattern for forming multi-ply mailers, said roll                            
           being wound under a predetermined web tension between about                               
           1.5 to 3.0 lbs/lineal inch and having a weight sufficient to                              
           avoid adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive between                                 
           adjacent roll plies at said face portions.                                                
                                          THE REFERENCES                                             
           Parrotta                     4,376,151              Mar.  8,                              
           1983                                                                                      

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