Appeal No. 2006-0466
Application No. 10/175,787
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and reads as follows:
1. An envelope comprising:
a) a front wall having two lateral edges, a top
edge, and a bottom edge; and
b) a rear wall having two lateral edges, a top
edge, and a bottom edge, the front and rear walls
joined along their respective lateral and bottom edges;
the front and rear wall each comprising
i) an outer film web comprising
(a) an outer layer comprising a polymer
selected from the group consisting of propylene
polymer or copolymer, polyamide or copolyamide and
polyester or copolyester; and
(b) an inner layer comprising ethylene
homopolymer or copolymer,
wherein the outer film web has an outer surface and an
inner surface; and
ii) an inner ply having an inner surface and an
outer surface, comprising an air cellular or foamed
material;
the inner surface of the outer film web being adhered
to the outer surface of the inner ply.
REFERENCE
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
support of the § 103 rejections before us are:
Strzelewicz 4,868,025 Sep. 19, 1989
Chang et al. (Chang) 4,894,265 Jan. 16, 1990
Andrusko 5,182,162 Jan. 26, 1993
Jillson 5,273,361 Dec. 28, 1993
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