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.
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