Appeal No. 95-4120
Application No. 07/943,901
Claim 1 is representative and is reproduced below:
1. A sheet material for mounting on a substrate and
displaying an article, comprising a substantially smooth,
flexible film backing, a coating of a first repositionable
adhesive on a first major surface of said backing for
removably adhering said sheet material to said substrate, and
a coating of a second repositionable adhesive on a second
major surface of said backing for adhering said article to
said sheet material, said first repositionable adhesive
coating providing a higher level of adhesion per unit area of
said sheet material than said second repositionable adhesive
coating by virtue of said first repositionable adhesive being
more aggressive an adhesive than said second repositionable
adhesion(sic, adhesive) such that the adhesion level provided
by said first repositionable adhesive coating is at least
about 50 gram/cm width higher than that provided by said
second repositionable adhesive coating when tested according
to Test Method A, and the adhesion level provided by said
second repositionable adhesive coating is about 30 to about 55
gram/cm width when tested according to Test Method A, such
that when said first repositionable adhesive coating is
contacted with said substrate to which said sheet material is
being adhered, said article which is being adhered to said
second repositionable adhesive coating can be repositioned
thereon and removed therefrom without removing said sheet
material from said substrate.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner are:
Loggins 4,950,517 Aug.
21, 1990
Merrill, Jr. et al. (Merrill) 3,857,731 Dec.
31, 1974
Claims 1, 9, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Loggins. Claims 2 and 3 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Loggins in view
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