Appeal No. 2005-1595 2
Application No. 09/870,180
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method of making cube corner
articles, such as retroreflective articles having cube corner cavities. See the claims on
appeal, together with the specification, page 1. Details of the appealed subject matter are
recited in representative claims 221 and 31 reproduced below:
22. A method of making a cube corner article, comprising:
providing a body layer having a structured surface that includes recessed faces
defining
cube corner cavities;
applying a film of reflective material at least to the recessed faces;
applying to the structured surface a flowable composition suitable for forming a
transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive; and
exposing the composition to radiation sufficient to crosslink the composition after
the
composition has filled the cube corner cavities.
31. A method of making a cube corner article, comprising:
providing a body layer having a structured surface that includes recessed faces
defining
1 The appellant stipulates that “[t]he appealed claims stand or fall together.” See the Brief, page 2.
Therefore, we select claims 22 and 31 as representative of two separate groups of the claims on appeal
subject to different grounds of rejection and decide the propriety of these grounds of rejection based on
the representative claims in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) (2003) and 37 CFR
§ 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004). See In re McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379, 1384, 63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465-66 (Fed. Cir.
2002).
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