Appeal 2006-2929
Application 10/859,030
44-55. Claims 14-24 and 35-43, the only other claims pending in the
Application, stand withdrawn from consideration. We have jurisdiction over
this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 6.
Appellants invented identification bracelets designed so as not to
require a removable release liner (Specification 1:7-8). Claim 1 is
illustrative of the claimed invention and reads as follows:
1. A plurality of identification bracelets
detachably connected to one another comprising:
a first bracelet including a first end having a
cover tab and a second end defining a closure tab
having an adhesive portion; and
a second bracelet removably attached to the
first bracelet and including a first end having a
cover tab and a second end defining a closure tab
having an adhesive portion;
wherein the cover tab of the second bracelet
removably overlies the adhesive portion of the
closure tab of the first bracelet, whereby upon
separating the first bracelet from the second
bracelet, the adhesive portion of the closure tab of
the first bracelet is exposed and the cover tab of
the second bracelet remains with the second
bracelet and an exposed adhesive portion of the
closure tab of the first bracelet is adhered onto a
portion of the first bracelet as it is moved from an
open position to a closed position encircling an
object to be identified.
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of
unpatentability:
Amann US 3,825,463 Jul. 23, 1974
Hofer US 5,364,133 Nov. 15, 1994
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