Appeal No. 1999-0114
Application No. 08/656,286
consenting to the cancellation of Claims 16-20. The Appeal
is, therefore, to be considered as being limited to a review
of the Examiner’s final rejection of Claims 11-15.” Such
withdrawal operates as a cancellation of claims 16-20 (see
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 1215.03),
leaving claims 11-15 before us for our consideration.
Appellant’s invention pertains to a method of packaging
two products together side-by-side by wrapping a wrapper of
plastic sheet material about the products. Appellant explains
on page 1 of the specification that it is known to package
products together side-by-side by slipping a preformed sleeve
of heat shrink material over the products and then applying
heat to the assembled products to shrink the sleeve so that
the products become firmly embraced by the sleeve. According
to appellant, consumers often have a difficult time removing
the sleeve in order to separate the products for use.
Appellant’s solution to this alleged problem is to provide a
wrapper of plastic sheet material having contact adhesive
applied to one or more surface areas of the sheet, then
wrapping the wrapper about the products so that opposite edges
of the wrapper either overlap and bond together via the
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