Ex Parte TANAKA et al - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2001-0731                                                                                     
              Application No. 08/904,868                                                                               




                                                    BACKGROUND                                                         
                     Appellants’ invention relates to a pressure sensitive cleaning article.  The pressure             
              sensitive cleaning article comprises a substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer and a              
              porous screen disposed on the pressure sensitive layer.  Claims 1 and 7, which are                       
              representative of the claimed invention, appear below:                                                   
                     1.  A pressure-sensitive cleaning sheet comprising a substrate, a                                 
                     pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one or both sides of the substrate,                   
                     and a porous screen disposed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein                    
                     the cleaning sheet is substantially non-tacky when the cleaning sheet surface is                  
                     kept in a non-pressed state, under which the porous screen is projecting from                     
                     the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer;                                             
                     the cleaning sheet exhibiting tackiness when the cleaning sheet is kept in a                      
                     pressed state, under which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer appears on the                   
                     sheet surface through the openings of the porous screen; and                                      
                     the cleaning sheet again becomes substantially non-tacky upon release from                        
                     pressing.                                                                                         

                     7.  A roll-form image-forming material having a cleaning part, the cleaning                       
                     part comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a porous screen                        
                     disposed thereon, wherein                                                                         
                     the cleaning part is substantially non-tacky when the cleaning part surface is                    
                     kept in a non-pressed state, under which the porous screen is projecting from                     
                     the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer;                                             


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