Ex parte JOHN D. JENSEN - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-4113                                                          
          Application No. 08/124,334                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellant's invention relates to bonding plastic webs.             
          Claims 1, 21, 22 and 23 are representative of the subject matter            
          on appeal and a copy of those claims, as they appear in the                 
          appendix to the appellant's brief, is attached to this decision.            


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:              
          McDowall                 2,459,234                Jan. 18, 1949             
          Pommer                   3,066,064                Nov. 27, 1962             
          Podvin                   3,850,716                Nov. 26, 1974             
          Pennington               4,240,855                Dec. 23, 1980             



               Claims 1 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being           
          unpatentable over McDowall in view of Pommer.                               


               Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being           
          unpatentable over McDowall in view of Pommer as applied above,              
          further in view of Pennington.                                              


               Claims 8, 9, 13, 21, 22, 23 and 26 through 29 stand rejected           
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over McDowall, Pommer           
          and Pennington as applied above, further in view of Podvin.                 
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