Appeal No. 1998-0080
Application No. 08/177,763
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-7. Claims 8-12
stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being
directed to nonelected inventions.
The disclosed invention pertains to a polarizer
labeling tape for affixing polarizers to liquid crystal
display cells.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A polarizer labeling tape comprising:
a series of at least three releasable strips which
are longitudinally connected end-to-end to each other by
adhesive strips arranged at respective connections between the
releasable strips; and
a plurality of polarizer elements releasably
attached to and along the series of releasable strips, each of
the polarizer elements being covered by a protective layer.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Schmidt 4,865,669 Sep. 12, 1989
The admitted prior art shown in Figure 18 of appellants’
specification.
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