Appeal No. 98-2036
Application 08/589,250
claims 1 through 20, all of the claims pending in the
application. We reverse.
The invention relates to a record pad. Claim 1 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A record pad comprising:
a plurality of sheet sets, each sheet set comprising a
paper top sheet having a top face and a bottom face, at least
one underlying record bottom sheet, and a transfer mechanism
for transferring indicia imaged on said top sheet to an
underlying said record sheet;
said top sheet comprising an upper margin, a lower margin
substantially parallel to said upper margin, and first and
second side margins substantially perpendicular to said upper
and lower margins, said upper margin being at the upper
portion of said top sheet during normal use of said top sheet
to enter indicia on said top sheet;
a securing edge margin of each of said top and record
sheets of each sheet set of said plurality of sheet sets at
said first side margin for connecting said sheet sets in a
record pad; and
a pattern of repositional adhesive provided on each said
top sheet bottom face adjacent to and substantially parallel
to said securing edge margins, said securing edge margins
being substantially free of adhesive and spaced from said
pattern of repositional adhesive.
The reference relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness is:
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