Appeal No. 2000-1275
Application No. 08/839,984
We have carefully reviewed the rejection on appeal in
light of the arguments of the appellant and the examiner. As
a result of this review, we have reached the determination
that the applied prior art does not establish a prima facie
case of obviousness with respect to claims 1-14. Therefore
the rejection on appeal is reversed. Our reasons follow.
We are in agreement with the examiner that Williams
discloses a securement strip with a first band of
repositionable adhesive on the back and a removable sticker of
an informational nature on the front and adhered to the
repositionable securement strip. Williams differs from the
invention on appeal in that the sticker on the front is not a
business card, and the sticker on the front has repositionable
adhesive on the back there of, instead of being secured to the
securement strip by a band of adhesive on the securement
strip itself.
Johnstun discloses a manifold used for copying indicia on
compressed shrinkable sleeves used to identify wiring. The
manifold contains flattened shrinkable sleeves with a carbon
paper-like front layer. The front layer and the shrinkable
sleeves are adhered to the back layer of the manifold by
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