Enhanced Synergistic Combinations Technical Implementation

Publication ID: 24-11858195_0003_PTD

Published: October 29, 2025

Category:Synergistic Combinations

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Enhanced Synergistic Combinations Technical Implementation,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11858195_0003_PTD, Published October 29, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11858195_0003_PTD

This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,858,195.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

An improved approach to synergistic combinations that builds upon the source patent's technical foundation.

Background and Problem Solved

The source patent addresses core functionality, but synergistic combinations presents opportunities for technical enhancement and expansion.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

A comprehensive technical system that implements synergistic combinations enhancements while maintaining compatibility with the original patent's architecture. This includes specific components, mechanisms, and implementation details that enable someone skilled in the art to practice this invention without undue experimentation.

Novelty and Inventive Step

Introduces new technical features and approaches that were not present in the source patent, specifically targeting synergistic combinations improvements.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Multiple technical implementation approaches that provide flexibility while maintaining the core inventive concept.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

Broad market applicability across industries that can benefit from synergistic combinations enhancements.

Section 103 Obviousness Analysis (PHOSITA)

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Field of Art

Packaging Engineering and Materials Science, focusing on flexible packaging structures with tamper-evidence and reclosable features

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A packaging engineer with expertise in polymer science, adhesive technologies, and packaging design, capable of understanding material interactions, manufacturing processes, and functional packaging innovations

Obviousness Rationale

A person skilled in the art would recognize that the PTD's synergistic combinations represent predictable technical extensions of the source patent's fundamental packaging structure design. The disclosed variations leverage known packaging engineering techniques to incrementally improve functional features. These modifications would be considered routine design optimization within the standard problem-solving approach of packaging technology development.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element

Laminate packaging structure with pressure-sensitive adhesive and tamper-evidence features

PTD Variation

Enhanced synergistic combinations system implementing technical improvements to adhesive lamination and tamper-evidence mechanisms

Obviousness Reasoning

Predictable variation using known packaging engineering techniques to optimize existing structural design through incremental functional enhancements

Source Patent Element

Flexible film with score line defining a reattachable flap

PTD Variation

Alternative embodiments expanding on flap configuration and resealing mechanisms

Obviousness Reasoning

Finite set of design choices for packaging access and reclosure that would be obvious to a skilled practitioner exploring functional modifications

Source Patent Element

Tamper-evidence feature in outer packaging structure

PTD Variation

Technical solution extending tamper-evidence capabilities through alternative geometric configurations and interaction mechanisms

Obviousness Reasoning

Known technique of modifying packaging security features using standard design optimization approaches within packaging engineering

Source Patent Element

Polymer-based laminate with adhesive interfaces

PTD Variation

Synergistic combinations exploring alternative material interactions and adhesive system configurations

Obviousness Reasoning

Routine material science exploration of polymer interface modifications using predictable engineering methodologies

35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the teachings of US Patent 11858195, the present publication demonstrates that the claimed variations in packaging structure and functionality would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in packaging engineering at the time of invention. The disclosed technical implementations represent predictable extensions of known packaging design principles, rendering potential patent claims obvious and unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. Section 103.

Original Patent Information

Patent Number	US 11,858,195
Title	Flexible packaging structure with built-in tamper-evidence features and method for making same
Assignee(s)	Sonoco Development, Inc.