Appeal 2007-3934
Application 10/324,860
The interior space 26 contains a second substrate 28 located within the core
22 (Specification 3: 16-17).
The Examiner finds that McClymonds teaches a dispenser for paper
towels and pre-moistened wipes (Answer 3). While this is true,
McClymonds’ apparatus has two separate compartments - one for holding
dry paper towels and a second for holding sealed containers of pre-
moistened paper towelette wipes (McClymonds Abstract). While the shape
of McClymonds’ apparatus can vary depending on the type of substrate it
contains (e.g., rolled towels or folded towels). We find that Fig. 5 provides a
fair representation of McClymonds apparatus.
According to McClymonds, “FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of a third
preferred dispenser of this invention” (McClymonds, col. 4, ll. 66-67). As
illustrated in Fig. 5, and explained by McClymonds, “[t]he generally
cylindrically concave divider indentation 224, though not extending all the
way to the back 210, effectively comprises means physically dividing the
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