Appeal 2007-2551
Application 10/359,160
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a packaged ream of paper
wherein the ream of paper is packaged in a wrapper. The wrapper comprises
a paper base material having a polyethylene layer applied to the inner
surface and a melt shield layer that is applied along lanes bordering a seal
area over a portion of the polyethylene layer. Also, a polyethyleneimine
(P.E.I.) is applied to the outer surface of the paper base material. When the
wrapper is wrapped around the ream of paper a seal is effected by heat or
pressure that is applied to the overlapped regions of the wrapper. The melt
shield layer prevents the polyethylene near the seal from adhering to the
ream of paper.
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
follows:
(a) claims 21-38 over Knauf in view of Poole,
(b) claims 21-38 over Knauf in view of Parker,
(c) claims 28 and 31 over Knauf in view of Parker and Buzio, and
(d) claims 28 and 31 over Knauf in view of Parker and Dronzek.
Appellant has not separately argued any particular claim in the
separately rejected groups of claims. Accordingly, the groups of claims
separately rejected by the Examiner stand or fall together.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of Appellant’s arguments for
patentability. However, we are in complete agreement with the Examiner
that the claimed subject matter would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art within the meaning of § 103 in view of the applied prior art.
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