Appeal No. 1997-1516
Application No. 08/326,501
1 fails to recite any release layer. We agree with the
examiner that the embodiment depicted in figure 1 of Hosoda
meets the claim requirements for a paper substrate having one
side coated with a polypropylene layer and the other side with
an acrylic sealant layer. Also, although appellant submits
that Hosoda "does not contain a soap-based acrylic resin
coating layer placed on the opposite side of the substrate
from the release layer" (page 6 of principal brief), the
examiner correctly notes that appealed claim 1 fails to recite
either a soap-based acrylic resin or a release layer.
We will not sustain the examiner's rejection of claim 2
under § 103 over Hosoda because the reference does not teach
or suggest the required "silicone coating layer located on
said polypropylene coating layer." Rather, Hosoda discloses
that the silicone coating layer is located on the acrylic
undercoat layer.
We now turn to the examiner's rejection of claim 1-10
under § 103 over Hosoda in view of Fagan. Inasmuch as we have
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