Appeal No. 2001-0236 2 Application No. 08/985,760 THE INVENTION The invention is directed to a multilayer film facestock. The facestock comprises a coextrudate of at least two layers comprising a base layer and at least one face layer. The base layer is free of filler particles. Additional limitations are provided in the following illustrative claim. THE CLAIM Claim 54 is illustrative of appellant’ invention and is reproduced below. 54. A multilayer film facestock having an overall thickness of from 1.5 mil to about 6.5 mils for use in pressure-sensitive adhesive label applications comprising a coextrudate of at least two layers comprising a base layer and at least one skin layer wherein the base layer is thicker than the skin layer, said coextrudate having a face side, said base layer comprising a propylene polymer or copolymer free of filler particles, and having a stiffness of from about 10 to 100 Gurley, and said skin layer being on the face side of the coextrudate and having an ink-printable surface, wherein said multilayer film facestock is suitable for die-cutting and stripping. THE REJECTION Claims 54 through 60, 62 through 69, 71 through 77, 79 through 85 and 87 through 89 stand rejected under 35 U. S. C. § 112, first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventors, at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007