Appeal No. 2003-0059
Application 09/238,553
imposition of stripping or separation forces greater than the
maximum separation forces to which they have been exposed during
label preparation” (col. 2, lines 26-34). At least the second
layer has a tear propagation axis, such as a perforation, so that
a part of the layer containing information such as price can be
torn off, leaving a removable second portion of the layer
containing other information such as a product bar code (col. 1,
lines 61-65; col. 2, lines 46-57). An edge or portion of the
second layer can be coated with a UV curable material such as an
ink or varnish which shrinks upon exposure to UV radiation,
thereby breaking the bond at the interface between the first and
second layers such that these layers can be more easily pulled
apart (col. 5, lines 27-34).
Freedman ‘165 incorporates by reference (col. 2, lines 34-
36) U.S. Pat. No. 4,925,714 to Freedman (Freedman ‘714) which
discloses peelable labels which include two polymeric films (11
and 12) (col. 2, lines 15-20; col. 5, lines 48-50) that are
comparable to those of Freedman ‘165. The second polymeric film
of Freedman ‘714 has thereon a layer of pressure sensitive
adhesive (22) having permanently laminated thereto a layer of
indicia-containing face stock (30) which can be any suitable
conventional face stock material from any source, the disclosed
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