Appeal No. 2000-1314 Page 3
Application No. 09/109,279
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to "the field [of]
adhesive backed carrier tape packaging systems utilizing
pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes" (specification, p.
1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kawanishi et al. 4,966,282 Oct. 30,
1990
(Kawanishi)
Gutentag 5,203,143 Apr. 20,
1993
Schenz 5,765,692 June 16,
1998
Claims 1 to 9, 13 to 17, 19 to 21 and 28 to 30 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Gutentag in view of Schenz.
Claims 28 to 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kawanishi in view of Schenz.
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