Appeal No. 97-1872
Application 08/371,620
the individual labels prior to their being applied to a
product. Consistent with these disclosures, the ordinarily7
skilled artisan would understand the term “release material”
as used in the appealed claims to denote a material having 8
surface characteristics that would allow for relatively easy
removal of the labels therefrom with the adhesive therebetween
preferentially adhering to the labels rather than the release
material.
Each of independent claims 1, 19 and 21, in one fashion 9
or another, calls for at least a portion of the folded sheet
of the label to be directly adhered to the release material.
This limitation is not disclosed or suggested by either
Instance ‘043 or Instance ‘686 because in each case, no
portion of the folded panels of the label is directly attached
7See, for example, page 5, lines 3-7, of the
specification of the present application; column 9, lines 16-
20, of Instance ‘043; and column 7, lines 37-64, of Instance
‘686.
8For example, waxed or siliconized paper (page 5, line 7
of the specification of the present application; column 9,
line 21 of Instance ‘043).
9The term “the release material” in the fourth to the
last line of claim 19 lacks a proper antecedent. This claim
deficiency is worthy of correction.
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