Appeal No. 1998-1893
Application 08/088,125
challenged it, we accept it as fact. See In re Kunzmann, 326
F.2d 424, 425 n.3, 140 USPQ 235, 236 n.3 (CCPA 1964).
Wittwer’s label is an edible film made by 1) providing an
edible polymer film forming material which can be in solution
form (col. 2, lines 44-51; col. 4, line 58 - col. 5, line 2),
2) providing a horizontal flat surface or the like as a substrate
(col. 5, lines 54-58), the exemplified substrate being a plate of
lubricated glass (a food compatible material) (col. 10, lines 19,
43-44 and 59; col. 11, line 19), 3) forming a film of the edible
polymer forming solution of predetermined thickness on the
substrate and drying the edible polymer film forming solution to
form a sheet of reinforced edible polymer film releasably adhered
to the substrate (col. 2, lines 63-66; col. 10, lines 44-45), the
disclosed edible polymer film thickness range being 10µ (0.0004")
to 500µ (0.020"), which encompasses the appellant’s preferred
range of 0.0004" to 0.0015" (specification, page 13), 4) marking
the edible polymer film with indicia, which may be logos, codes
or the like (col. 3, lines 1-4; col. 9, lines 18-22), 5) peeling
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