Appeal No. 2001-1328
Application 09/079,537
Laurash et al. (Laurash) 5,547,227 Aug. 20,
1996
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3 through 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Laurash in view of
Neubauer.
Claims 2 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Laurash in view of Neubauer and Doll.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and 15) and to the examiner’s final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 11 and 14) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the
merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
Laurash, the examiner’s primary reference, pertains to
multi-ply label forms adapted to facilitate various business
operations. Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment designed for
use in package shipping operations, Figure 3 shows a simpler
version of this embodiment, Figure 4 shows an embodiment
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