Appeal No. 96-2630
Application No. 08/259,824
23. A wet-pressed tissue sheet made by pressing a wet tissue web
against the surface of a Yankee dryer with a pressure roll,
drying the web and creping the web to produce a tissue sheet,
said tissue sheet having an Average Percent Void Area of about
63 or greater.2
26. The tissue sheet of Claim 23 having a geometric mean tensile
strength of about 400 grams or greater.3
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness are:
Sanford et al. (Sanford) 3,301,746 Jan. 31, 1967
Benz 3,817,827 Jun. 18, 1974
Busker 4,189,344 Feb. 19, 1980
Ogden 4,196,045 Apr. 1, 1980
Hostetler 4,356,059 Oct. 26, 1982
Weldon 4,551,199 Nov. 5, 1985
Klowak 4,849,054 Jul. 18, 1989
Burgess et al. (Burgess) 4,921,034 May 1, 1990
Smith et al. (Smith) 4,994,144 Feb. 19, 1991
2The term “Average Percent Void Area,” as used in claim 23
and in the other claims on appeal, is defined on page 16 of the
underlying specification.
3The term “geometric mean tensile strength,” as used in
claim 26 and in the other claims on appeal, is defined on page 4
of the underlying specification.
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