Appeal No. 2004-1165 Page 3
Application No. 09/163,042
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.
George discloses a composite corrugated board comprising a flexible web of
paper or similar bendable material embossed or scored at regular spaced apart lines
21, 22 which denote fold lines about which the web is sharply folded in succession into
a corrugated medium 23. The corrugated medium 23 comprises a continuous series of
V-shaped flutes having planar walls extending between apexes 25. A liner or facing
sheet 26, 27 may be fixedly secured to one or both sides of the corrugated medium by
means of a suitable adhesive. As illustrated in Figure 10, adhesive adheres and
permanently anchors the sharp, pointed apexes 25 of the corrugated medium 23 to
adjacent portions of the facing sheets 26, 27. According to George (column 5, first
paragraph),
[t]he adhesive 28, in addition to permanently securing the
apexes 25 in position relative to each other and to the
respective facing sheets 26 and 27, further serves the
purpose of reinforcing and rigidifying the apexes 25 of the
corrugated medium 23. It will thus be seen that the adhesive
28 serves a dual function in that it rigidifies the apexes 25
and the opposed planar walls 24 of the corrugated medium
23 and permanently anchors these apexes 25 to the facing
sheets 26 and 27. Gusset or fillet like portions 29 of the
adhesive 28 are disposed on each side of the apexes 25
between the planar walls 24 and the facing sheets 26 or 27
to provide a rigid determination of the angle of juncture
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