Appeal No. 1999-2566
Application 08/868,935
Rejection over Steidinger in view of Holmes and Stewart
Stewart discloses a method for making a removable label
by adhesively attaching to the bottom surface of a substrate
(12) a conventional label stock (51) which includes a face
layer (60) and a liner layer (59) joined by a contact adhesive
(82). The substrate and the all of the label stock except at
least a portion of the liner layer are die cut so that the cut
portion of the substrate and label stock can be peeled away
from the remaining portion, with the adhesive between the face
layer and the liner layer adhering to the face layer so that
the label can be adhered to a surface by way of that adhesive
(col. 6, line 46 - col. 7, line 39; figure 7). The portion
(62) of the face layer which is cut away to form the label
increases the thickness of the label such that a light weight
substrate can be used, thereby reducing the cost of the label
(col. 7, lines 45-54).
The examiner argues that it would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art to replace Steidinger’s label
structure with another art recognized label structure, i.e.,
that of Stewart (answer, page 5). The examiner, however, has
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