Interference No. 104,833
Page No. 13
not oppose having one count, with the count being the disjunctive alternative of Bries' proposed
claims 82 and 83.
For the above reasons, Bries preliminary motion 1 is granted-in p . Bries preliminary
motion 2 is grante . Counts 1 and 2 are substituted with count 3, which is the disjunctive
alternative of Bries' claims 82 and 83 as follows:
82. 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.
OR
83. 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
between said adhesive film strip and said substrate, the improvement which
comprises employing as said adhesive film strip the adhesive film strip according
to claim 82.
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