Appeal No. 2000-1275
Application No. 08/839,984
on its back and another band of reposisitionable adhesive on
the front. The securement strip also includes a courtesy or
informational message, which is not obscured by the card when
the card is in place on the front repositionable adhesive.
The claimed invention may be further understood with
reference to the appealed claims appended to appellant's
brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Williams et al. (Williams) 5,282,649 Feb. 1,
1994
Johnstun 4,191,405 Mar. 4,
1980
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 USC § 103 as
unpatentable over Williams in view of Johnstun. For the full
details of the examiner's rejection, reference is made to the
rejection set forth in the final office action (Paper No. 9).
OPINION
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