Appeal No. 1997-3282
Application No. 08/189,314
in contact with one layer of the release film and the second
layer of the release film provides strength to the film and
also serves as a high differential release liner
(specification, page 5). A copy of appealed claims 1 and 12,
as
they appear in the Appendix of appellant's brief, is attached
to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting claims 1 through 12 are:
Shibano et al. (Shibano) 4,425,176 Jan. 10,
1984
Patterson et al. (Patterson) 4,859,511 Aug.
22, 1989
Kitano et al. (Kitano) 5,086,088 Feb. 4,
1992
Claims 1 through 8 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Shibano in view of Kitano.
Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Shibano in view of Kitano
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