Patent ID: 8544720

Claim:
An article of manufacture for use as an integrated bidirectional mailpiece having outgoing and return envelope functionality to be initially assembled by way of a wrapper, the article comprising: a duplex printed paper including printed material on first and second sides of the paper, the paper comprising: a first panel including a first address for the outgoing envelope, a second panel including a second address for the return envelope, the second address being different from the first address, a third panel including one or more of the following: a statement, a return payment stub, coupon, or advertisement, at least one adhesive region positioned on at least one side of the paper, a fold line extending across a width of the paper between the first and third panels, and a plurality of perforated lines extending across a surface of the paper for separating the first and third panels from the paper, such that when the first and third panels are separated, the second and third panels are sufficient to form the return envelope, wherein the first and third panels are configured to receive a portion of the printed material in first and second regions, respectively, wherein the portion of printed material extends from the first region of the first panel across the fold line into the second region of the third panel, and wherein the statement and return payment stub are associated with an addressee identified in the first address on the first panel.