Appeal No. 98-2036
Application 08/589,250
With this latter arrangement in mind, it is
preferred that in each pair of sheets, the upper
sheet of the pair is the removable sheet while the
lower sheet of the pair is the record sheet - this
provides the advantage that the low tack adhesive on
the underside of the upper removable sheet of a pair
adhesively, albeit temporarily, restrains the
removable sheet from being displaced over the
associated record sheet during the application of a
marking to the removable sheet so that an accurate
copy of that marking may be applied to the
underlying record sheet [column 2, lines 29 through
51].
As conceded by the examiner (see page 2 in the first
Office action), Drake's record pad does not meet the
limitations in independent claims 1 and 14 relating to the
location of the pattern of repositional adhesive. Claim 1
requires the pattern of repositional adhesive to be on the
bottom face of the top sheet adjacent to and substantially
parallel to the securing edge margins, with the securing edge
margins being substantially free of adhesive and spaced from
the pattern of repositional adhesive. Claim 14 requires the
same, and additionally calls for a line of weakness in each
top sheet extending substantially parallel to the securing
edge margin with the pattern of repositional adhesive being on
the opposite side of the line of weakness from the securing
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