Appeal No. 96-1211
Application 08/173,083
The examiner agreed with these groupings (Examiner’s Answer, page 2).
1. Group I
Claim 13 is representative of this group. Accordingly, the patentability of the
remaining claims in this group stands or falls with claim 13.
Bane teaches a method of making an assembly of linerless labels which comprise
forming a linerless label web, printing indicia (17) on a first face of a web of label stock and
coating the first face with a release material (24). The second face of the web is coated
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with a repositional adhesive (18). The labels are provided in an assembly form in which
the plurality of labels are readily releasably connected to each other in shingled
configuration in roll form as shown in Figure 1. Bane differs from the subject matter of
claim 13 in two significant aspects. First, Bane does not specify how the labels in the
shingled roll were cut. Second, the labels as illustrated in the drawings of Bane are
quadrate rather than non-quadrate.
As to the first difference, we note that the shingled labels in the roll illustrated in Figure
1 are precut. However, the disclosure of Bane does not indicate which technique was
used to precut the labels. The examiner relies upon Lacy as evidence that the labels were
conventionally precut from stock sheet using a die prior to the present invention. See, e.g.,
2 The repositional adhesive (18) of Bane corresponds to the pressure sensitive
adhesive on the second face of the claimed label. See page 4, lines 29-30 of the
supporting specification (Pressure sensitive adhesive may be a repositional adhesive).
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