Appeal No. 1998-0483
Application No. 08/543,840
THE INVENTION
The appellant's invention relates to a method of applying
an elastic label to a container (specification, p. 1). A copy
of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.2
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter in issue
and reads as follows:
A method of applying an elastic segment of sheet material
having a leading end and a trailing end unattached to
the leading end to the surface of an article, said
method comprising:
stretching the segment to elastically deform the label
and increase the distance between the leading and
trailing ends,
applying said segment while so stretched to the article
by adhering the leading end of the stretched segment
to the article with a fast acting adhesive which
substantially adheres the leading end of the
stretched segment to the article while the stretched
segment is in an elastically deformed condition,
wrapping the stretched segment around said article
and securing the trailing end of the stretched
segment to said leading end or to the article,
whereby said segment as applied to the article is in
the elastically deformed condition.
The claims in the appendix are correct with the exception of claim 14 which,2
as noted in the previous footnote, was amended subsequent to submission of the
appellant's brief and appendix.
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