Appeal No. 96-3315
Application 08/209,405
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the refusal of the
examiner to allow claims 1, 2, 3 and 10 through 14 as amended
subsequent to the final rejection. Claims 1, 2, 3 and 10
through 14 are all of the claims remaining in the application.
Claims 4 through 9 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention relates to a pressure-sensi-
tive sealing tape having sufficient strength, stiffness and
body to enable the tape, when in roll form, to be dispensed
from a conventional pull and tear tape dispenser. Independent
claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and
a copy of that claim may be found in the Appendix to appel-
lants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hurst 3,632,386 Jan. 4, 1972
Lutzmann et al. (Lutzmann) 4,096,013 June 20, 1978
Williams 4,557,971 Dec. 10, 1985
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