Appeal 2006-2864
Application 10/211,746
to Appellant, prior to the invention, “there was no appreciation of a need for,
and the advantages of, rubbing a surface with an eraser prior to bonding an
object to the surface with double sided adhesive tape.” (Br. 2, ¶ V).
Independent claims 1 and 20 are illustrative of the invention:
1. A method of attaching an object to a surface, comprising:
rubbing the surface with a rubber or soap eraser; and
using double-sided adhesive tape at the rubbed surface to
hold the object to the surface.
20. A method of attaching a storage rack to a surface of a
room or building wall or furniture, comprising the steps of:
rubbing an eraser against an area of the surface a number
of strokes;
applying adhesive to at least one of the area of the
surface at which the eraser had been rubbed and the storage
rack; and
pressing the object against such area with adhesive
between the area and the storage rack.
In addition to Appellant’s admitted prior art, (“APA”, Specification 1:
9-20), the Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Jialanella US 4,526,811 Jul. 2, 1985
Ficho US 4,880,377 Nov. 14, 1989
Kreckel US 5,672,402 Sep. 30, 1997
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