Appeal No. 2006-0994
Application No. 09/898,969
According to appellant, the invention is directed to an acrylic pressure-sensitive
adhesive (PSA) tape comprising a layer of an acrylic backing, at least one layer of a
PSA disposed on at least one side of the backing, and a primer layer disposed between
the layer of the backing and the layer of the PSA (Brief, page 2, ¶V). A copy of
representative independent claim 1 can be found in the Claims Appendix to appellant’s
Brief.
The examiner has relied on the following references as evidence of obviousness:
De Santis 3,707,521 Dec. 26, 1972
Mazurek et al. (Mazurek) 5,264,278 Nov. 23, 1993
Ko et al. (Ko) 5,308,887 May 03, 1994
Ragland et al. (Ragland) 5,503,927 Apr. 02, 1996
Everaerts et al. (Everaerts) 5,612,136 Mar. 18, 1997
Claims 1-8, 11-14, and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Everaerts in view of Ragland and De Santis (Answer, page 3).
Claims 9, 10, 15 and 16 stand rejected under section 103(a) as unpatentable over the
references applied against claim 1 further in view of Ko (Answer, page 6). Claims 17
and 20 stand rejected under _ 103(a) as unpatentable over the references applied
against claim 1 further in view of Mazurek (id.). Finally, claim 19 stands rejected under
_ 103(a) as unpatentable over the references applied against claim 1 further in view of
Ko and Mazurek (Answer, page 7).
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