Ex Parte DaCunha - Page 4

                Appeal 2007-2637                                                                             
                Application 10/741,269                                                                       
                            automatically feeding individual sheets onto collations of                       
                      documents passing below on an inserter chassis to form mail                            
                      pieces having scented advertisement inserts.                                           



                                SCOPE AND CONTENT OF PRIOR ART                                               
                      Claim 1 stands rejected over a patent to Olson.4  Claim 2 stands                       
                rejected over the combination of Olson and a patent to Viens.5                               
                      Pitney Bowes notes that Viens discloses a conventional inserter                        
                machine of the type that Pitney Bowes disclosed as the prior art in its                      
                specification.6  Pitney Bowes describes7 such machines and their                             
                conventional use as follows—                                                                 
                            It is well known in automated mail production systems to                         
                      include advertising inserts into individualized mail pieces. It is                     
                      also known that such advertising inserts may include                                   
                      advertisements for perfumes or cologne, and that such                                  
                      advertisements may be comprised of folded sheets that release a                        
                      sample of advertised scent when the folded portion opened.                             
                            Inserter systems such as those applicable for use with the                       
                      present invention, may include machines such as the 8 series,                          
                      9 series, and APS™ inserter systems available from Pitney                              
                      Bowes Inc. of Stamford Connecticut.                                                    
                            In many respects, the typical inserter system resembles a                        
                      manufacturing assembly line. Sheets and other raw materials                            
                      (other sheets, enclosures, and envelopes) enter the inserter                           
                                                                                                            
                4 Craig W. Olson, "Publication reference-aid system [sic, and] apparatus                     
                therefor", U.S. Patent 5,911,442 (issued 15 June 1999) (Olson).                              
                5 Wilfred S. Viens, "Apparatus and method for conveying a product", U.S.                     
                6,629,690 (issued 7 October 2003) (Viens).                                                   
                6 Br. 11.  Viens itself also describes the insertion of pre-folded advertising               
                inserts into multi-page products as part of the prior art.  Viens 1:12-24.                   
                7 Specification (Spec.) 1:10-3:9.                                                            

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