Appeal No. 1999-0387 Page 7
Application No. 08/590,278
having a line of weakness which permits that sheet portion to
be torn from the spine part of the book or pad. Each portion
1a has on its underside surface a region 9 of low tack
adhesive by which that portion can be attached temporarily to
a receptive surface remote from the book. The low tack
adhesive is preferably applied as a strip 8 with a width
sufficient to extend from the spine part of each removable
sheet 1, over the line of weakness 5, to provide the region 9
on the removable portion 1a. The sheets are bound together
along the spine part 3 by a helical wire 4 which extends
parallel to an edge of the stack. Drake provides that Figure
1 is a perspective view of the book showing a removable sheet
portion of a removable sheet having three such portions
positioned to be torn from the book and that Figure 2 shows an
end view of the book and diagrammatically illustrates the
structure of the record and removable sheets with the low tack
adhesive.
The examiner's anticipation rejection is based on his
view that the subject matter of claims 1-4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 16
and 20 is "readable" on Drake. The heart of this rejection is
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