Ex Parte Hewett - Page 4



            Appeal 2006-2827                                                                                
            Application 09/883,893                                                                          
            have not been considered and are deemed to be waived.  See 37 C.F.R.                            
            § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (2004).                                                                      
                                          FINDINGS OF FACT                                                  
                   We find the following enumerated findings to be supported by at least a                  
            preponderance of the evidence.  Ethicon, Inc. v. Quigg, 849 F.2d 1422, 1427, 7                  
            USPQ2d 1152, 1156 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (explaining the general evidentiary standard                 
            for proceedings before the Office).                                                             

                   1. Yates discloses a combination tissue dispenser station and disposal                   
                      station (Yates, col. 1, ll. 9-11, Figs. 1-3).  The tissue dispenser station is        
                      separated from the tissue disposal station by a wall 19 (Yates, col. 2, ll. 4-        
                      12, Fig. 1-3).                                                                        
                   2. Yates further teaches a tissue dispensing orifice 17 (Yates, col. 2, ll. 12-          
                      14, Fig. 1), and a tissue disposing orifice (Yates, col. 3, ll. 49-57).               
                   3. Yates shows the tissue dispenser station overlying the tissue disposal                
                      station with the tissue dispensing orifice facing upwardly and the tissue             
                      disposing orifice facing downwardly (Yates, Figs. 1-5).                               
                   4. Wilson teaches “a multifunction bathroom device which may be utilized                 
                      either to provide a water-resistant closure for soap used in the bathtub or           
                      shower or in the bathroom as a bathroom tissue cover to provide a water-              
                      resistant closure for the bathroom environment” (Wilson, col. 2, ll.                  
                      35-39).                                                                               



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