Appeal No. 2000-1666
Application 08/754,245
provides readily releasable adherent support for adhesive
labels which display product information. More
specifically, the release layer, which may be a thin
coating of a silicone or similar material, adherently
retains and supports an adhesively coated label that is
pressed onto that surface and will readily release such a
label, i.e. will permit the label to be peeled off
cleanly with little effort, normally without tearing or
splitting the label or leaving any residue therefrom on
the label panel surface. Thereby labels applied to the
label panel are exposed outwardly relative to the support
for viewing by customers who pass by the display. The
labels also are readily removable and replaceable, as
well as exchangeable, by merchandising personnel as the
facts and circumstances to be displayed change from time
to time.
Claims 18, 40 and 54 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be found in
the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject
matter are:
Thalenfeld et al. (Thalenfeld) 4,718,626 Jan. 12, 1988
Petrou 5,628,858 May 13, 1997
(filed May 18, 1995)
Claims 40 through 49 and 53 stand provisionally rejected
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