Appeal No. 1997-0853
Application No. 08/308,076
said to avoid the above problems.
In responding to the examiner’s prior art rejections of
the herein appealed claims based on McElroy and Kobayashi,
appellant indicates that a label and a business form “are not
the same thing” (brief, page 11) although labels may be
associated with business forms. According to appellant, a
label is defined as “the functional portion of a pressure
sensitive construction comprising the face sheet and adhesive,
die cut into various
shapes.” See page 8 of the Glossary of Terms, Tag and Label
Manufacturers Institute, copyright 1973. On the other hand,
appellant indicates that the term “business form” is “1) any
material which has been printed or otherwise especially
prepared for the primary purpose of facilitating the entry of
variable written information by hand or machine according to
some predetermined format. Blank paper may be included,
especially if it is continuous and has undergone some
manufacturing operation such as punching or perforating to
facilitate manual entries, machine writing, or use after
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