Appeal No. 2007-0739
Application No. 11/043,655
a transparent seal layer disposed directly on said decorative material
opposite said substrate layer.
5. A chairmat as recited in claim 1 wherein said decorative material
comprises at least one selected from paint, pencil, plastic, ink, paper,
charcoal, crayon and glue.
12. A chairmat for a floor comprising:
a substrate layer having a first side adjacent to the floor and a second
side opposite to the floor;
a first decorative material directly disposed on a first area of said
second side of said substrate layer;
a second decorative material directly disposed on a second area of
said second side of said substrate layer; and
a transparent seal layer directly disposed on said first decorative
material and said decorative material opposite said substrate layer.
Claims 1-3, 5, 8-10, 12, and 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. §102(b) as being anticipated by Pitts.1 Claims 1-3 and 5-11 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Sawka.2 Finally,
claims 4 and 12-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious
1 Pitts, U.S. Patent No. 4,415,946, issued November 15, 1983.
2 Sawka, U.S. Patent No. 5,405,675, issued April 11, 1995.
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