Appeal No. 96-2726
Application 08/005,401
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and
4-8, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim
1 is illustrative:
1. A method of producing watermark paper comprising:
fixing a lace having a through-hole-like pattern obtained by
knitting a synthetic fiber or a natural fiber or by making an
embroidery on a base fabric, to an entire surface of a wire cloth
for paper making by sewing or by bonding using an adhesive to
form a patterned wire;
fitting said patterned wire as a face wire to an entire
circumferential surface of a cylinder mold of a cylinder-vat
machine or a dandy roll; and
making said paper by using said cylinder mold or said dandy
roll having said patterned wire fitted thereto.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Fearing 1,571,715 Feb. 2, 1926
Edge 1,901,024 Mar. 14, 1933
Denton 2,319,800 May 25, 1943
Waters 4,526,652 Jul. 2, 1985
Izard WO 86/05220 Sep. 12, 1986
Horse et al. (Horse) 49[1974]-21248 Feb. 25, 1974
(Kokai patent application)
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed to a method of
producing watermark paper. The method entails fixing a lace to a
wire cloth by sewing or adhesive bonding to form a patterned
wire, fitting the patterned wire to the circumferential surface
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