Appeal 2006-3391
Application 10/371,485
19 to activate the pre-applied dry adhesive. At least one cooling element 27,
28 is positioned just downstream of the heating elements on each side of the
exit ramp 19 to set the activated adhesive. (Adams 5:19-20 and 33-39.)
Adams' disclosure of activating the pre-applied dry adhesive after folding
side flaps 7, 8, bottom tabs 9, 10 and side walls 11, 12 belies any notion that
the pre-applied adhesive used by Adams is not reactivatable when the
adhesive 6 on the side flaps 7, 8 and bottom tabs 9, 10 contacts side walls
11, 12.
FF6 In accordance with Appellants' Specification, "[t]he article to be
packaged may be inserted into the package either during the formation of the
package, such as in conventional wrap-around packaging, or after, such as in
conventional Bliss box packaging, tray formation, in the manufacture of
boxes and bags" (Specification 3-4).
FF7 Appellants do not dispute the Examiner's determination (Answer 3-4)
that it would have been obvious to provide the method of Adams with an
ultrasonic device in the form of a horn for generating the ultrasonic waves to
activate the adhesive. Appellants also do not dispute the Examiner's
determinations (Answer 5) that it would have been obvious to produce such
ultrasonic waves at from about 20 kHz to about 40 kHz, in view of the
teachings of Samida, in order to activate the pre-applied adhesive and to
provide a paper bag having a pre-applied adhesive, as taught by Moore, as
an alternative for packaging the cigarette packs of Adams.
DISCUSSION
The pre-applied adhesive used by Adams is reactivatable (FF5).
Moreover, it is not reactivated until after the side flaps 7, 8, bottom tabs 9,
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