Ex parte VALIULIS - Page 2




                     Appeal No. 2000-1666                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/754,245                                                                                                                                            


                     examiner and subsequently entered, thus leaving only claims 13                                                                                                    
                     through 20, 26 through 28, 40 through 49 and 52 through 56 for                                                                                                    
                     our consideration on appeal.  Claims 21 through 23, 36 through                                                                                                    
                     39, 50, 51, 57 and 58 stand withdrawn from further                                                                                                                
                     consideration as being directed to a non-elected species.                                                                                                         
                     Collectively, claims 1 through 12, 24, 25 and 29 through 35                                                                                                       
                     have been canceled.1                                                                                                                                              


                     Appellant's invention relates to marketing displays, such                                                                                                         
                     as merchandising hangers, shelving and racks like those seen                                                                                                      
                     in Figures 1 through 8 of the application drawings and to a                                                                                                       
                     method of maintaining current merchandising labels in                                                                                                             
                     association with merchandise being marketed from such displays                                                                                                    
                     by providing the label supporting surface of the display with                                                                                                     
                     a release element or release layer that permits easy removal                                                                                                      
                     and replacement of adhesive merchandising labels.  As                                                                                                             
                     indicated in the paragraph bridging pages 2 and 3 of the                                                                                                          
                     specification, the release layer                                                                                                                                  


                                1Decided concurrently herewith is the appeal in                                                                                                        
                     appellant's copending application S.N. 08/752,529, filed                                                                                                          
                     November 20, 1996 (Appeal No. 2000-1665).                                                                                                                         
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