Ex parte LAURASH et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1999-2063                                                        
          Application No. 08/744,432                                                  


          first embodiment includes an upper panel, a center panel, and               
          a lower panel.                                                              
               A second embodiment of the multipurpose tuck label of the              
          present invention (see Figure 6) comprises a label ply that                 
          includes an upper panel 160, a center panel 180 having an                   
          upper portion 190 and a lower portion 195 connected along a                 
          transverse perforated fold line 270, a lower panel 200, and a               
          pair of side panels 220, 240.  Column 2, line 66 through                    
          column 3, line 6.  In use, the upper panel and the upper                    
          portion of the center panel are folded along fold line 270 so               
          as to lie beneath the lower panel and the lower portion of the              
          center panel, respectively.  Figures 8 and 9 illustrate other               
          “versions” of the Figure 6 embodiment (column 4, lines 31-36),              
          with each version of the second embodiment having an upper                  
          panel, a center panel having upper and lower portions, a lower              
          panel, and a pair of side panels.  Patent claims 8-20 are                   
          drawn to this second embodiment in that they are expressly                  
          limited to a multipurpose tuck label/form including an upper                
          panel, a center panel having upper and lower portions                       
          connected along a transverse line of perforations, a lower                  
          panel, and a pair of side panels.  Thus, the specification as               
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