Appeal No. 1999-0387 Page 18
Application No. 08/590,278
As to claims 8 and 17, the examiner has not established
that the limitations of these claims would have been obvious 6
at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary
skill in the art. The examiner has not applied any evidence
sufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness with
respect to claims 8 and 17.
As to claims 12-14 and 18, we conclude that it would have
been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person
having ordinary skill in the art to apply the teaching of
Johnsen (column 9, lines 2-6) of providing the tear lines
slightly above the respective adhesive band to Drake's pad so
that Drake's adhesive is spaced from the line of weakness to
protect the adhesive as taught by Johnsen. Furthermore, we
agree with the examiner (answer, p. 4) that the claimed
6Claim 8 reads as follows: A record pad as recited in
claim 2 wherein two lines of weakness are provided in said top
sheets substantially parallel to said upper margin dividing
said top sheet into three portions.
Claim 17 reads as follows: A record pad as recited in
claim 16 wherein two lines [of weakness] are provided in said
top sheets substantially parallel to said upper margin
dividing said top sheet into three portions.
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