Appeal No. 2001-0225
Application 09/085,021
intermediates. Representative claim 18 reads as follows:
18. A method of producing imaged mailers from mailer
type business form intermediates comprising: a substantially
quadrate sheet of paper having first and second faces, top and
bottom edges substantially parallel to each other, and first
and second side edges substantially perpendicular to the top
and bottom edges and substantially parallel to each other; the
top and bottom edges spaced a first distance, and the side
edges spaced a second distance, less than the first distance;
first and second lines of weakness formed in the sheet
adjacent, but spaced from and substantially parallel to, the
first and second side edges, respectively, to define first and
second removable side margin portions; at least one fold line,
including a first fold line formed in the sheet substantially
parallel to the top and bottom edges, and defining the sheet
into panels on opposite sides thereof; and a pattern of
pressure activated cohesive in each of the side margin
portions on at least the first face, the patterns for
substantially preventing cupping so that improper feeding,
jamming, and misfolding of the sheet is substantially avoided;
said method comprising the steps of: stacking the
intermediates in a tray of a laser printer, and feeding the
intermediates one at a time from the tray through the laser
printer so that the side edges of the intermediates do not
cup; imaging at least one face of each of the intermediates;
ultimately folding the sheet about the at least one fold line
to form a mailer; and then passing each mailer through a
pressure sealer to act on the pressure cohesive to apply a
sealing pressure of at least about 100 psi to each mailer to
seal each intermediate into a sealed mailer.
Claims 18 and 23 through 26 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 5,067,305
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