Ex parte STEIDINGER et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1999-2566                                                        
          Application 08/868,935                                                      


          cut portion of said form web and said transfer patch exclusive              
          of said backer ply;                                                         
               whereby said use segment remains integral with the                     
          remainder of said form web, and when said delineated use                    
          segment is removed therefrom, said delineated segments of said              
          laminate and said adhesive coating of said transfer patch are               
          removed with said portion of said form web within said die                  
          cut, and said backer ply remains secured to said reverse side               
          of said form web.                                                           


                                   THE REFERENCES                                     
          Holmes et al. (Holmes)              4,902,375      Feb. 20,                 
          1990                                                                        
          Steidinger et al. (Steidinger)      5,441,796      Aug. 15,                 
          1995                                                                        
          Stewart                             5,482,328      Jan.  9,                 
          1996                                                                        


                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                     
          follows: claims 1-3, 12-20, 23 and 25 over Steidinger in view               
          of Holmes;1 claims 24 and 26 over Steidinger in view of Holmes              
          and Stewart; and claims 1-3, 12-20 and 23-26 over Stewart in                
          view of Holmes.                                                             



               1 The examiner states (answer, page 3) that claim 23 was               
          inadvertently omitted from the statement of this rejection.                 
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