Appeal No. 97-1440
Application 08/187,838
presented by appellant in an effort to understand the language
"relatively permanently bonded" as used in those claims.
On pages 4 and 5 of the specification, appellant
describes a prior art identification bracelet that was made of
paper and included a removable, coated backing paper (i.e., a
release paper as in Ohno). Like the release paper in Ohno, it is
noted that the backing paper of such prior art was the same width
and length as the primary layer of the bracelet so as to cover
all of the adhesive on the bracelet and prevent it from adhering
to the patient or object being identified. It is also indicated
that the backing paper "typically" included a movable or
removable cover portion, which was moved to expose a
corresponding underlying area of adhesive, so that the bracelet
could be secured, for example, around the wrist of a patient by
having the exposed adhesive pressed against the other end of the
bracelet after such bracelet was placed in a loop around the
patient's wrist. One of the drawbacks of such an identification
bracelet was indicated to be the fact that "none of the backing
paper is bonded to the primary paper layer of the bracelet"
(specification, page 5). It is further specifically noted that
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