Appeal No. 2000-1314 Page 7
Application No. 09/109,279
to 9 require a pair of elongated pressure sensitive adhesive
tapes with each tape having a longitudinal linear side
portion, a longitudinal alternating fringe side portion and an
adhesive surface. Claims 13 to 17 and 19 to 21 require at
least one pressure sensitive adhesive tape having a
longitudinal linear side portion, a longitudinal irregular
side portion and an adhesive surface. Claims 28 to 30 require
at least one pressure sensitive adhesive tape having two
opposite sinusoidal shaped side portions and an adhesive
surface. However, these limitations are not suggested by the
applied prior art. Gutentag teaches a pair of elongated
pressure sensitive adhesive tapes 125 with each tape having
two longitudinal linear side portions and an adhesive surface
120. Kawanishi teaches a pair of adhesive layers 210 with
each layer having two longitudinal linear side portions and an
adhesive surface. While Schenz does teach an adhesive portion
42 whose configuration may vary over a wide range (see column
6, line 48, to column 7, line 45), it is our opinion that
Schenz does not teach or suggest providing a pressure
sensitive adhesive tape with a longitudinal irregular side
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