Appeal No. 2005-1415 Page 4
Application No. 09/253,174
to a supporting surface. Figure 2 of Madole depicts an embodiment with a strip of adhesive that
completely and continuously coats an area between the lines of perforation 26a and 28a. As
pointed out by the Examiner, once the adhesive-backed sheet of the Figure 2 embodiment of
Madole is torn away from the pad or chart at perforations 26a, the adhesive extends to the top
edge as claimed. This is because the torn away sheet does not include the uncoated strips 24
located above the perforation line 26a, instead, the line of perforation 26a becomes the top edge.
Appellant, therefore, has not convinced us of a reversible error on the part of the Examiner in
this regard.
Claim 19 is not susceptible to the above analysis because this claim requires the presence
of a top-to-bottom tear line. Claim 19 is directed to a temporary posting adhesive-coated sticker
comprising a sheet having two parallel side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge. The sheet has
a first area extending to the top edge and also extending from one side edge to the other side
edge. The first area is at least partially coated with adhesive. The sheet also has a second area
located immediately adjacent to the first area and that second area is substantially free of
adhesive. There is a weakened tear line extending from the top edge to the bottom edge of the
sheet.
The rejection does not directly pinpoint which structure described in Madole meets the
requirements of claim 19. Judging from the discussion of Figure 1 in the rejection and the
response to argument, it appears that the Examiner is relying upon the web structure shown in
Figure 1 or some intermediate structure formed during the process of separating the sheets S
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