Appeal No. 1998-2551 Page 5
Application No. 08/787,624
The anticipation issue
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 32, 33 and 47
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
To support a rejection of a claim under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b), it must be shown that each element of the claim is
found, either expressly described or under principles of
inherency, in a single prior art reference. See Kalman v.
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789
(Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Independent claim 47 reads as follows:
A loop pile fabric for use as the female connection
of a hook and loop interconnection comprising: a
plurality of yarns, each comprised of a core and effect
yarn, laying adjacent to and spaced from one another,
said effect yarns having a plurality of loops projecting
therefrom to act as receivers for the hook of a hook and
loop interconnection and an adhesive applied to said
yarns including the loops of said effect yarns and
bridging adjacent yarns such that said adhesive bridges
adjacent yarns to maintain said yarns spaced from one
another and/or adheres loops of spaced yarns to loops of
adjacent yarn.
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