Appeal No. 1999-1834 Page 2
Application No. 08/876,030
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of making
and using a label. A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Cahn 2,435,267 Feb.
3,
1948
Soltysiak et al. 5,518,762 May 21,
1996
(Soltysiak)
Umeda JP 5-221438 1 Aug. 31, 1993
The following grounds of rejection are set forth in the
examiner's answer (Paper No. 9, mailed November 23, 1998):
1. Claims 17, 21, 23 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by or, in the alternative, under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Soltysiak.
1In determining the teachings of Umeda, we will rely on
the translation of record provided by the USPTO.
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