Appeal No. 2003-0059
Application 09/238,553
whereby said label can be first separate from said backing web
and then applied to articles, and thereafter removed from said
articles leaving said adhesive layer and said third coating layer
on said articles.
THE REFERENCES
Eckberg et al. (Eckberg) 5,369,205 Nov. 29, 1994
Freedman (Freedman ‘165) 5,914,165 Jun. 22, 1999
(filed Jul. 29, 1996)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Freedman ‘165 in view of Eckberg.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection.
Freedman ‘165 discloses a peelable label comprising, in
order, an optional release liner (the appellant’s backing web), a
pressure sensitive adhesive (14), a first polymeric layer (11)
(preferably polyethylene) and a second polymeric layer (12)
(preferably polypropylene) which is dissimilar to the first
polymeric layer (col. 3, lines 1-3, 13-14, 41-42, 47-48 and 53-
54). “The films [layers 11 and 12] adhere to each other to a
sufficiently high degree to withstand the maximum separation
forces imposed as the labels are processed. However, the films
adhere to each other to a sufficiently low degree to allow them
to cleanly and readily separate from each other under the
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