Appeal No. 2006-1281 Page 2
Application No. 09/926,029
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a packaging paper roll for use in a solid
preparation packaging apparatus. According to appellant (specification, page 1) the
terminology “solid preparation” refers to “all solidified preparations such as a tablet,
capsule, pill, and troche.” Independent claim 8 is representative of the appellant’s
invention and reads as follows:
8. A paper roll for packaging a solid preparation, comprising:
an elongated hollow wall defining a tubular shaft
member having concentrically spaced inside and outside
surfaces, said outside surface being adapted for receiving a
thermally fusible packaging paper wound therearound, said
packaging paper being in a double folded state with a folded
portion thereof being disposed on an end of the shaft
member; and
at least two notches having a limited length from an
end of said shaft member, each said notch being defined by
a recess disposed in the inner surface of said wall of said
shaft member communicating with the end of said shaft
member and extending to a radial depth short of the outside
surface thereof, each said recess forming a thinner, more
flexible portion of the wall than portions of the wall between
at least two of said recesses.
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