Appeal No. 2002-2275 Page 3
Application No. 09/652,357
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The appellant’s invention relates to a device for capturing insects or other small
pests without having to handle them directly, by manually capturing the pest by
attachment to a pressure responsive adhesive on a substrate which can be folded over
on itself. Claim 1 sets forth the invention in the following manner:
1. A device for restraining an insect comprising a continuous planar
sheet substrate said substrate comprised of a homogeneous
material and having a top side and a bottom side, said substrate
having an adhesive distributed on said top side to form an
engagement area, said engagement area not encompassing two
lateral side areas on said top side of said substrate, said top side of
said substrate and said engagement area further comprising a
compressible, and hydrophilic pliable material, whereby when said
sheet is manually manipulated so that when said engagement area
on said top side covers said insect and a force is manually applied
to said substrate from said bottom side, said insect will cause said
substrate to collapse and form a concave depression which closely
conforms to the shape of said insect and therefore partially embed
said insect within said substrate wherein the body of said insect
may displace said substrate without rupturing the body of said
insect and said engagement thereby increases the total contact
area between said adhesive and said insect, and removable means
to cover said adhesive area prior to use.
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