Interference No. 104,833
Page No. 4
The counts
5. The interference was declared with two counts, i.e., Count I and Count 2 (Paper I
at 5).
6. Count 1 is as follows:
A composition according to claim I of U.S. Patent No. 6,086,973.
7. Count 2 is as follows:
A method according to claim I I of U.S. Patent No. 6,086,973.
8. Claim 1 of the '973 patent is as follows:
An adhesive fihn strip composite comprising:
a) an adhesive film strip which is elastically or plastically extensible, exhibits an
adhesion less than its cohesion and the adhesion disappears on "tension, and
which exhibits a reaction of stripping force to tear load of at least 1: 1. 5, which
when bonded to a substrate, can be released from said substrate by pulling on
the adhesive film strip in the direction of the plane of the bond formed between
said adhesive film strip and said substrate; and
b) a plurality of hook or loop fasteners adhered to one side of said adhesive film
strip in such a way that said hook or loop fasteners are free to be fastened to
mating loop or hook fasteners.
9. Claim I I of the '973 patent is as follows:
In a method comprising bonding an adhesive film strip to a substrate, and
optionally thereafter releasing said adhesive strip from said substrate by pulling
on the adhesive fihn strip in the direction of the plane of the bond formed between
said adhesive film strip and said substrate, the improvement which comprises
employing as said adhesive film strip the adhesive film strip according to any on
of claims 1-4, 5, 6-9 and 10.
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