Interference No. 104,833
Page No. 10
Bri es preliminM motions I and 2
Through its preliminary motion 1, Bries moves to redefine the interfering subject matter
by substituting proposed counts 3 and 4 for counts I and 2. Bries preliminary motion 2 seeks to
add claims 82-85 to the Bries application, to designate claims 82 and 84 as corresponding to
count 3, and to designate claims 83 and 85 as corresponding to count 4. The proposed counts
and claims eliminate any specified ratio of peel force to tear strength recited in Bries claim 68
and in count 1.
Proposed count 3, which is identical to proposed claim 82 is as follows:
An adhesive film strip composite comprising:
a) an adhesive film strip:
(i) which is elastically or plastically extensible,
(ii) which exhibits an adhesion less than its cohesion,
(iii) the adhesion of which disappears on extension,
(iv) 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;
(v) which, is sufficiently extensible for debonding to occur but of sufficient tensile
strength so as not to rupture during debonding; 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.
Proposed count 4, which is identical to proposed claim 83 is as follows:
In a method comprising bonding an adhesive film strip to a substrate, and
optionally thereafter releasing said adhesive film strip from said substrate by
pulling on said adhesive film strip in the direction of the plane of the bond formed
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