Appeal No. 1997-1282
Application No. 07/839,369
07/756,556, now U.S. Patent 5,242,650 issued to Rackovan et
al. on September 7, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as
“Rackovan” (attached herewith)). According to column 4, lines
31-37, of Rackovan, the “hot-stretched” coextruded label film
is formed by training an extrudate through a series of hot and
cool rolls “which contact the extrudate to thereby impart heat
to and remove heat from the extrudate under time-temperature-
direction conditions established by line speed, roll
temperature, roll size, and side of contact.” This hot-
stretched treatment allows the label film material to “avoid
shrinking, relaxing or any distortion of the film which may
interfere with the in-mold labelling process.” See Rackovan,
column 4, lines 14-37.
Claims 17, 19 through 27 and 30 through 32 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the disclosure of
U.S. Patent 4,837,088 issued to Freedman on June 6, 1989
(hereinafter referred to as “Freedman”).
We have reviewed the claims, specification, and applied
prior art, including all of the arguments and evidence
advanced by the examiner and appellants in support of their
respective positions. This review leads us to conclude that
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