The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEPHAN J.W. PLATZER
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Appeal No. 1997-3334
Application No. 08/456,588
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ON BRIEF
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH,
Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 21 through 42, which are
the only claims remaining in this application.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a
method for producing a positive image on a single sheet by
modifying paper stock with a high peel strength adhesive,
followed by use of an adhesive transfer article to produce an
adhesive layer adjacent to the high peel strength layer, and
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