Patent ID: 8196964

Claim:
A sticky note pad comprising: at least two stacks of sticky note sheets, said stacks being disposed one upon the other, each of said sticky note sheets having top and bottom faces, left and right lateral edges, a note-writing region provided on said top face, said note-writing region having a weakened portion to define a removable and a non-removable part, an index tab region projecting outwardly from said right lateral edge; and a removable pressure sensitive adhesive layer provided on said bottom face in proximity to said left lateral edge, said index tab regions of said sticky note sheets of one of said stacks being staggered with respect to said index tab regions of said sticky note sheets of the other one of said stacks in a top-to-bottom direction, said index tab regions of said sticky note sheets of one of said stacks being aligned with said index tab regions of said sticky note sheets of the other one of said stacks in a direction parallel to said left and right lateral edges of said sticky note sheets; a glue layer binding said left lateral edges of said sticky note sheets of all of said stacks; a partition sheet disposed between said two stacks and adhered to said bottom face of a lowermost one of said sticky note sheets of an upper one of said stacks; and a protective layer comprising a top shield section disposed above an uppermost one of said sticky note sheets of an uppermost one of said stacks, wherein the non-removable part of each of said sticky note sheets is formed with a first through hole, said top shield section of said protective layer being formed with a second through hole aligned with said first through hole, said first through hole and said second through hole defining a pen-receiving slot.