Appeal No. 1997-3266
Application 08/374,960
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a method
for applying indicia to a cloth substrate. Claim 10 is
illustrative:
10. The method of applying indicia to a cloth substrate
comprising placing a heat activated transfer onto said cloth
substrate, said heat activated transfer comprising a heat
activated adhesive layer and a clear upper thermoset layer,
wherein said heat activated adhesive layer is placed in
contact with said cloth layer, placing a transfer sheet onto
said heat activated transfer, said transfer sheet comprising a
carrier and a sublimation dye forming indicia with said
sublimation dye in contact with said thermoset layer of said
heat activated transfer;
applying heat and pressure against said transfer sheet
and said heat activated transfer and said cloth to cause said
adhesive to melt and bond to said cloth and to cause said
sublimation dye to sublime and transfer to said thermoset
layer.
THE REFERENCES
Mahn, Sr. et al. (Mahn) 4,610,904 Sep. 9,
1986
Borresen 4,692,198 Sep. 8,
1987
Yamane 5,350,474 Sep. 27,
1994
(effective filing date Apr. 8,
1991)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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