Appeal No. 1998-1893
Application 08/088,125
Wittwer discloses a method for rendering pharmaceutical-
containing or food-containing edible capsules tamper evident by
placing a label which can be a strip or, preferably, a round
patch or dot, over the seam between the capsule halves to form a
seal such that the slightest mechanical force on the seam causes
the seal to fracture along a line coincident with the seam
(col. 2, lines 12-20; col. 3, lines 8-14). The labels are made
from edible film forming materials which may be polymer film
forming materials and may be in solution form (col. 2, lines 44-
53; col. 4, line 58 - col. 5, line 24). The film forming
material is applied to a horizontal flat surface or the like by,
for example, continuous roller or knife coating, spraying or
casting, and are dried, coated with an adhesive which may be
water, peeled from the substrate surface, and applied to
assembled capsules (col. 2, lines 54-56 and 63-33; col. 3,
lines 15-16; col. 5, lines 52-61). Individual labels may be
formed initially or a continuous sheet of label material may be
formed and then punched or otherwise cut to form individual
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