Ex parte RUSS et al. - Page 2




                   Appeal No. 95-0876                                                                                                                               
                   Application 08/006,517                                                                                                                           



                                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                  
                            This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 9, 13 through 15, and                                                    
                   17 through 24.  These are all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                           
                            The invention relates to a double sided adhesive tape wherein at least one of the                                                       
                   adhesive sides is a repositional adhesive.  Also claimed are a method of making the tape                                                         
                   and a method of using the tape.  The following claims are representative of the claimed                                                          
                   subject matter.                                                                                                                                  
                            1.  A method of making a double sided tape comprising the steps of:                                                                     
                            (a) applying a first adhesive coat to an elongated tape substrate first face;                                                           
                            (b) applying a second adhesive coat to the substrate second face;                                                                       
                            (c)  at least one of steps (a) and (b) being practiced to apply a repositional                                                          
                   adhesive;                                                                                                                                        
                            (d) applying a release liner to the first adhesive to provide a tape, the release liner                                                 
                   being the only release liner associated with the tape; and then                                                                                  
                            (e) rolling the substrate into a roll with the second adhesive engaging the release                                                     
                   liner.                                                                                                                                           

                            9.  A double faced tape comprising:                                                                                                     
                            an elongated tape substrate having first and second faces, and in roll form;                                                            
                            first and second adhesives operatively associated with said first and second faces,                                                     
                   at least one of said adhesives comprising a repositional adhesive;                                                                               


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