Appeal No. 1997-3334
Application No. 08/456,588
laminating the photosensitive article to this adhesive layer
(Brief, pages 4-6). A copy of illustrative independent claim
21 is attached as an Appendix to this decision.
The examiner has relied upon the following reference as
evidence of obviousness:
Platzer et al. (Platzer ‘120) 4,910,120 Mar. 20,
1990
Claims 21 through 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Platzer ‘120 (Answer, page 3). We
reverse this rejection essentially for the reasons advanced by
appellant on pages 7-13 of the Brief and pages 1-5 of the
Reply Brief. We add the following comments for emphasis and1
completeness.
OPINION
1We have considered the related appeal and decision in
parent Application No. 07/894,168, Appeal No. 95-0473,
decision mailed Sep. 30, 1997, Paper No. 31 (see the Brief,
Page 3, item II, although appellant mistakenly lists the
application no. as “08/894,168"). We note that the claims on
appeal in parent Application No. 07/894,168 did not involve
the adhesive transfer article recited in the claims in this
appeal. The claimed subject matter on appeal in this
application was the subject of a restriction requirement in
grandparent Application No. 07/544,559 (now abandoned, see
Paper No. 3 dated Mar. 1, 1991).
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