Ex parte BOREALI et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1999-1965                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/529,230                                                                                                                 


                 application.   We reverse.1                                                                                                                


                          The invention relates to a dispenser for linerless                                                                            
                 labels.  A copy of the claims on appeal appears in the                                                                                 
                 appendix to the appellants’ main brief (Paper No. 22).                                                                                 
                          The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of                                                                     
                 obviousness are:                                                                                                                       
                 Hill                                                                    3,924,498                           Dec.                       
                 9, 1975                                                                                                                                
                 Yokota                                                         4,690,344                           Sept.  1,                           
                 1987                                                                                                                                   
                 Cassia                                                         4,738,176                           Apr.  19,                           
                 1988                                                                                                                                   
                 Hirono et al. (Hirono)                                         5,447,383                           Sept.  5,                           
                 1995                                                                                                                                   
                 Kudo et al. (Kudo)                                             5,556,213                           Sept. 17,                           
                 1996                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                         (filed Mar. 30,                                                
                 1994)                                                                                                                                  
                 Boreali et al. (Boreali)                                                5,560,293                           Oct.                       
                 1, 1996                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                  (filed Jun. 7,                                        
                 1995)                                                                                                                                  
                 Szczepaniec et al. (Szczepaniec)                               5,725,719                           Mar.  10,                           
                 1998                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                         (filed Jun.  26,                                               
                 1995)                                                                                                                                  

                          1Claims 1 and 4 have been amended subsequent to final                                                                         
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             
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