Appeal No. 1999-0114
Application No. 08/656,286
the method of claim 11 in all respects.
Looking at the disclosure of Weiss in greater detail, we
learn that the band 10 used to encircle the individual items
is provided at opposite sides of its opposite end portions
with coatings of adhesive 14, 15. This adhesive is applied
prior to the use of the band ribbon and forms a part of the
fabrication of the ribbon itself (column 2, lines 42-50).
Weiss describes the adhesive and its application to the
individual items to form a unitary package as follows:
The adhesive utilized is of a pressure sensitive
character and may be a rubber latex adhesive.
During the prefabrication it is allowed to become
partially set and to form a substantially dry film
which renders these adhesive coatings to be non-
adherent towards paper or metallic surfaces in order
that the stacks of bands may be shipped or otherwise
handled without the hazard of blocking with each
other. This type of substantially dry adhesive,
which will for all practical purposes adhere only to
itself, may be referred to as a dry self-sealing
adhesive.
. . . [W]hen the end portions of the band 10 are
overlapped and the adhesive coatings 14 and 15 are
brought into overlapping pressure contact these
films bond with each other. The union so produced
is immediate and highly effective and capable of
resisting a longitudinal pull in proportion to the
area so joined. In comparison the bond provided by
a wet adhesive is slippery and not capable of
resisting longitudinal pull. [Column 2, lines 52-
72; emphasis added.]
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