Appeal No. 1998-0566
Application No. 08/396,005
adhesive tape which fits onto the textured strip (28 of
Kanzelberger), and means for applying graphic material to the
side of the transparent tape having the adhesive thereon
(Kanzelberger, column 2, line 19 et seq.). Claim 11 also
requires that there be means for applying a finding to the
block. To the extent that this may not be taught by
Kanzelberger, providing such a feature on the back surface of
a badge is disclosed by Rader (11, 12), with explicit
suggestion to do so for the purpose of attaching the badge to
clothing being taught by Rader in column 2, line 10 et seq.
The only argument specifically directed to claim 11 is
that the Rader pin “cannot be attached to the very thin
plastic plate shown by Kanzelberger” (Brief, page 9).
However, claim 11 does not require that the finding be
attached directly to the plastic plate, but that there be
“means for applying a finding to” the plate. From our
perspective, element 22 of Kanzelberger and elements 11 and 12
of Rader constitute such a means, and suggestion for combining
the references clearly is present in Rader. Moreover, it is
our view that the fact that the Kanzelberger plastic plate is
thin does not preclude mounting a finding upon it. We have
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