Appeal No. 2002-2278
Application No. 08/976,820
shaped adhesive tape to substantially or fully surround the
tape’s edge.” We do not agree.
As indicated at pages 6 and 7 of our earlier decision
entered March 26, 2003, Lühmann broadly teaches:
[A] tab is recommended in each case to enable easier
pulling on the residue. Such a tab can be designed, in
particular, so that the non-adhesive areas extend
around an edge of the piece of adhesive film.
As also indicated at page 6 of our earlier decision entered March
26, 2003:
As acknowledged by the appellants (Brief, page 16),
Luhmann exemplifies a plurality of grip tabs attached
to two different sides of a quadrangle shaped adhesive
tape [emphasis ours].
When these teachings are read together, i.e., when Lühmann is
viewed in its entirety, it is reasonable to infer that “an edge
of the piece of adhesive film” as taught in Lühmann includes
either any part of the entire edge or the entire edge of a given
geometric shaped adhesive tape. This is especially true in this
case since appellants do not dispute that the given geometric
shaped adhesive tape taught in Lühmann includes a circular shaped
adhesive tape (a tape having an edge (single edge)). See the
Request for Rehearing dated May 29, 2003, page 3. Thus, we
conclude that there is no reversible error in determining that
one of ordinary skill in the art can reasonably infer from
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