Ex parte ROGERS et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 96-2625                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/329,536                                                                                                                 


                 stock (specification, fourth page,  lines 9-12).  Claim 8 is 2                                                                         






                 illustrative and reads as follows:                                                                                                     
                          8.       A method of making an image protected, pressure                                                                      
                 sensitive label comprising the steps of:                                                                                               
                          a)       providing a label form including a sheet of                                                                          
                 transparent release liner releasably adhered to a sheet of                                                                             
                 transparent face stock by a transparent adhesive;                                                                                      
                          b)       cutting the release liner inwardly of the periphery                                                                  
                 of the face stock sheet to define (1) a removable section                                                                              
                 that, when removed, will expose said adhesive, and (2) an                                                                              
                 adjacent image receiving section;                                                                                                      
                          c)       inscribing reverse image indicia on said image                                                                       
                 receiving section of said release liner opposite of said face                                                                          
                 stock sheet;                                                                                                                           
                          d)       removing said removable section to expose said                                                                       
                 adhesive; and                                                                                                                          
                          e)       adhering said label to a substrate by said adhesive                                                                  
                 with said release liner section abutting said substrate.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                               THE REFERENCES                                                                           
                 Heatwole                         3,799,829       Mar. 26, 1974                                                                         
                 Grass et al. (Grass)             4,188,251       Feb. 12, 1980                                                                         
                 Voy et al. (Voy)                 4,661,189       Apr. 28, 1987                                                                         
                 VanErmen                         5,103,583       Apr. 14, 1992                                                                         

                          2Only the first page of the specification is numbered.                                                                        
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