Appeal No. 1997-1516
Application No. 08/326,501
Fagan 4,783,354 Nov. 08,
1988
Appellant's claimed invention is directed to a release
liner carrier web comprising a paper substrate, a
polypropylene coating on one side of the substrate, and a
protective sealing layer, such as an acrylic resin, on the
other side of the substrate. Appealed claim 2 additionally
recites a silicone release layer on the polypropylene layer.
According to appellant, the sealant, or undercoat, layer
"traps loose fibers of the paper substrate and
prevents them from clogging machinery associated with the
production or handling the release sheet." (page 3 of
principal brief). In addition, appellant explains that the
protective sealant layer "promotes ready peelability of a
suitable label from the present release sheet" by seeping
through the substrate and contacting the silicone release
layer (page 3 of principal brief).
Appealed claims 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) over Hosoda. The appealed claims also stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
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