Appeal No. 1997-3266
Application 08/374,960
follows: claim 10 over Borresen in view of Yamane, and claims
12-14 over Borresen in view of Yamane and Mahn.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejections are not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse these rejections.
Borresen discloses a method for printing a pattern onto a
surface receptive to sublimation dye (col. 1, lines 6-7). A
laminate is formed having, in order, an auxiliary carrier, an
adhesive, a carrier foil, and sublimation dye (col. 2, lines
48-65). Characters then are formed by cutting or punching
material out of the sublimation dye and carrier foil layers,
thereby exposing the adhesive at the cut away portions (col.
3, line 23 - col. 4, line 6). The laminate is fixed to a
surface
by hot pressing (col. 4, lines 9-11).
In the examiner’s view, Borresen’s laminate having the
formed characters meets the requirements of appellants’
transfer sheet comprising a carrier and sublimation dye
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