Appeal No. 2005-0784
Application No. 10/138,315
performing a 1st folding operation by folding the
three regions so that the three regions overlap one
another and adhered together as shown in figures 6-7,
thereby forming 1st and 2nd parallel fold lines (20,22)
which are transverse to the glue strips;
trimming “at the head and foot [i.e. first and
second fold lines] of each booklet”.
performing a 2nd folding operation by folding
along scored lines (i.e. axis of the glue strip) to
form interconnected booklets (col. 4 lines 10-68;
figures 2,6-7).
Lyon, Jr. does not teach forming a compact booklet
by performing a 3rd folding operation, wherein this
operation comprises folding a booklet one or more times
about one or more folding lines which are parallel to a
glue line. However, it would have been obvious in the
art to use the booklets of Lyon, Jr. as outserts for
articles such as pharmaceutical products (i.e.
information regarding a drug product printed thereon),
because DeLise discloses using booklets, of similar
structure to the one taught by Lyon, Jr., as outserts
for articles such as pharmaceutical products (col. 1
lines 12-40; figures 1 and 4). Note: although it is
preferred in Lyon, Jr. to use the inventive booklets as
self mailer, it would appear that booklets are not
restrictively used for self-mailing products as
evidence from the following passages: “This invention
relates to an article containing multiple pages which
is capable of being separated into multiple booklets or
pamphlets all of which booklets are of the same size
and contain the same number of pages. ...In this form
my invention is readily adaptable for use as a self-
mailer ....” (emphasis added; col. 1 lines 8-24). It
directly follows that, it would have been obvious in
the art to fold a resultant booklet taught by Lyon, Jr.
for at least two or more times about folding lines that
are parallel to a glue line, because DeLise teaches
folding a booklet two or more times about fold lines
which are parallel to a bound end (28) to form a
compact folded booklet so that it can readily be
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