Appeal No. 1997-0230
Application No. 08/416,668
THE REFERENCES
Bennett 2,191,704 Feb. 27, 1940
Yount 4,035,218 Jul. 12, 1977
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claims 1-7 over appellants’ admitted prior art in view of Yount,
and claims 8-13 over appellants’ admitted prior art in view of
Yount and Bennett.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced
by appellants and the examiner and agree with appellants that
the aforementioned rejections are not well founded.
Accordingly, we reverse these rejections.
Rejection of claims 1-7
The admitted prior art relied upon by the examiner (answer,
page 3) is at page 1, line 14 to page 2, line 24 of appellants’
specification, whereat appellants acknowledge that it was known
in the art to apply a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) to a
carpet underlayment pad to prevent slippage between the carpet
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