Appeal No. 2004-0404
Application No. 08/992,878
appellant and forwarded the application to this Board for review
of the new rejection of claims 1, 3, 6, 8 and 19.
This is the second appeal to this Board involving the
instant application. A decision in the first appeal (Appeal No.
2001-2299), generally favorable to the appellant, issued on
October 9, 2001 (Paper No. 16).
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an envelope for packaging and
displaying seeds. Representative claims 1 and 19 read as
follows:
1. A seed envelope comprising:
(a) a folded sheet having a front face including an
aperture, a back face, a bottom edge, a top edge, a first side
edge and a second side edge extending opposite each other from
said top edge to said bottom edge, height and width dimensions of
a seed envelope being a height from said top edge to said bottom
edge between about 9 cm and about 15 cm, and a width from said
first side edge to said second side edge between about 6 cm and
about 10 cm, said height being greater than said width, said
aperture being closer to said bottom edge than to said top edge;
said aperture being spaced between about ½ cm and about 2 cm from
said bottom edge, and at least ½ cm from each of said side edges,
the aperture having a width of at least 1 cm, whereby a desired
quantity of seeds placed within the seed envelope is seen through
the aperture when the seed envelope rests on its bottom edge
while retaining sufficient structural stability to permit the
insertion of the seeds without being destroyed; and
(b) a transparent sheet attached to said front face covering
said aperture.
19. A seed envelope comprising:
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