Appeal No. 2002-0189
Application No. 08/526,914
a face sheet releasably adhered to said release
coating on said laminated backing sheet, said
decorative side of said backing sheet, clear cover
sheet, adhesive coating, release coating, and face
sheet being fully overlapping and congruent with each
other such that portions of said face sheet are
removable when cut from said laminated backing sheet by
the computerized automated signmaking machine, exposing
corresponding portions of said decorative side of said
backing sheet.
The reference relied upon by the examiner in the § 102 and
§ 103 rejections before us is set forth below:
Arnold 4,517,044 May 14, 1985
All of the appealed claims stand rejected under the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for failing to particularly point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellants
regard as their invention. According to the examiner “the phrase
‘fully overlapping and congruent with each other’ [in claim 1] is
deemed to be vague and confusing” (answer, page 5).
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Arnold.
Finally, all of the appealed claims stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Arnold.
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