Appeal 2007-2415
Application 11/200,690
This is an appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 7, 8,
and 10-12, the only claims pending in this application. We have jurisdiction
over the appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
We affirm.
Appellants’ invention relates to labels with visual effects which are
made by placing lenticular lenses over images printed on label stock. (Br.
2). Independent claim 1 is illustrative of the invention:
1. A continuous web of lenticular labels comprising;
a label stock having a longitudinal axis;
a first lenticular assembly including first lenticules adhered to the
label stock, said first lenticules transverse to the longitudinal axis, said first
lenticular assembly and said label stock forming a first lenticular label;
a second lenticular assembly including second lenticules adhered to
the label stock, said second lenticules traverse to the longitudinal axis, said
second lenticular assembly and said label stock forming a second lenticular
label, said first and second lenticular assemblies disposed on the label stock
so that the first lenticules are substantially parallel to the second lenticules;
and
a release liner secured to at least one of the label stock and the first
and second lenticular assemblies.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Birkholz US 4,895,747 Jan. 23, 1990
Sekiguchi US 5,494,445 Feb. 27, 1996
The Examiner made the following rejection:
Claims 1, 7, 8, and 10-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over Birkholz in view of Sekiguchi.
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