Ex Parte Varanese et al - Page 4

                  Appeal 2007-2440                                                                                         
                  Application 10/913,902                                                                                   
                         adhering to material of like nature and is known to those in the                                  
                         art.  The cohesive is typically nonadhesive to dissimilar                                         
                         materials.  These polymers are know[n] as cohesive or                                             
                         autoadhesive polymers.  The cohesive layers are typically a                                       
                         thermoplastic elastomer material having cohesive properties at                                    
                         room temperature.  The cohesive materials are characterized by                                    
                         physical cross-links which are labile and therefore may be                                        
                         rendered ineffective by processing techniques involving the                                       
                         application of heat.                                                                              
                  (Specification at 5:25 to 6:2; emphasis added.)                                                          
                  2. U.S. Patent 3,827,625, issued to Harmon B. Miller ("Miller") is styled                                
                  "Reclosable Package and Controlled Release Paper for Use Therein" and                                    
                  teaches, in the words of the patent, "an improved release paper for pressure                             
                  sensitive adhesive which is characterized by an improved ability to adhere to                            
                  pressure sensitive adhesive."  (Miller at 1:4–7.)                                                        
                  3. An embodiment of Miller's invention is illustrated in Miller Figure 5,                                
                  which is shown below:                                                                                    





                  {Miller Figure 1B is said to depict an embodiment of Miller's invention.}                                
                  4. Miller Figure 5 shows a sheet comprising a layer of pressure sensitive                                
                  adhesive 12 on a paper base 13 overlying a release sheet comprising a                                    
                  release layer comprising stripes 5 of a release coating material on a layer 6                            
                  of  paper; layers 11 and 7 are heat-sealing adhesive layers.  (Miller                                    
                  at 2:48-52 and at 2:54–3:6.)                                                                             



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