Appeal 2007-0343
Application 09/745,702
20, the only other pending claims, have been withdrawn from consideration.
We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 6 (2002).
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a device for forming
individually packaged articles from separated portions of tubular film
(Specification 1:10-12). Independent claims 1 and 10 are representative of
the claimed invention and read as follows:
1. A portable packaging device for individually
packaging an article within a flexible tubular sheet,
the device having an inlet end and an outlet end,
and comprising:
a body formed by an inner core having an
inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a
passageway there between for passing there
through an article to be packaged,
a casing comprising a surrounding casing
wall, and a base wall that joins an end of the
surrounding casing wall to the body, the body and
the casing defining a storage space and a
dispensing opening at the inlet end, wherein the
device retains a length of a flexible tubular sheet
within the storage space, wherein the tubular sheet
is dispensed through the dispensing opening and
into the inlet opening of the inner core, the article
to be packaged is inserted through the inlet
opening, and inside the tubular sheet, the tubular
sheet is gathered and closed at each end to form a
closed packaged article and the tubular sheet has
an outer surface, the outer surface facing inward
when the tubular sheet is passed through the inner
core, the outer surface comprising an adhesive
material, whereby a leading portion and a trailing
portion of the tubular sheet are closeable on each
side of article with the adhesive material, thereby
forming the closed packaged article, and
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