Patent ID: 7217463

Claim:
An adhesive containing labelstock for use in adhesive labels which comprises (A) a machine direction oriented polymeric film having an upper surface and a lower surface, comprising (A-1) at least one propylene homopolymer, copolymer or blend of two or more thereof wherein (A-1) has a melt flow rate of from about 8 to about 40 g/10 min., and (A-2) at least one olefin elastomer, wherein the film is oriented in the machine direction only at a stretch ratio of about 4:1 to 9:1 and the film has a tensile modulus in the cross direction that is less than about 0.75 times the tensile modulus in the machine direction and (B) an adhesive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is adhesively joined to the lower surface of the film (A).