Appeal No. 2001-0346 Page 5
Application No. 08/887,648
folded over upon themselves along said fold line to
define a pocket in which said sustained liquid fragrance
sample is situated, said first and second portions of the
barrier being one of heat, adhesive, and cohesively
sealed around said fragrance sample to hold said first
and second portions of said barrier together and to
substantially prevent the premature release of said
liquid fragrance from said sample, until said carrier is
pulled open to provide for release of the liquid
fragrance from the carrier.
5. The pull-apart film laminate fragrance sampler of
claim 18 wherein the film is a saran coated polyester.
13. A method of forming a fragrance sampler containing a
sample of liquid fragrance, which will substantially
prevent the premature release of said fragrance from said
sampler; said method including:
providing a carrier;
applying a film barrier to said carrier;
depositing a liquid fragrance sample on a first
portion said barrier, the liquid fragrance sample having
a perimeter smaller than the perimeter of the barrier,
such that there is a margin between the edge of the
fragrance sample and the edge of the barrier;
folding the carrier and barrier over upon each
other; and,
cohesively sealing the barrier to itself to form an
enclosed pocket which encapsulates the sample, said
sealing being accomplished without the use of pressure
sensitive materials.
In the rejection before us in this appeal, the examiner
determined (answer, p. 3) that Charbonneau discloses a
fragrance sampler comprising a paper substrate 12, adhesive
58, volatile liquid containment treatment which defines
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