Appeal 95-4477
Application 08/006,350
A. Findings of fact
The record supports the following findings by a
preponderance of the evidence.
The claims
1. Claims 1-14, 21 and 23-25 are on appeal.3
2. Claim 1 reads as follows (some indentation and
paragraph numbering added; portions in bold added by an
amendment filed March 25, 1994 (Amendment B, Paper 6)):
Claim 1: A cellulosic nonwoven material
comprising an organosilicone compound, the
improvement which
comprises that the organosilicone compound
comprises[4]
In reproducing claim 21 in the Appendix to the Appeal Brief, applicant omitted3
the limitation "provided the ratio of polysiloxanes A:B is between about >10:1 and
15:1." Although another error (the absence of the word "cellulosic") was noted by the
examiner (Examiner's Answer, page 2), he did not note the absence of the portion in
bold.
The use of three "comprises" has complicated our efforts to understand the4
precise scope of claim 1. We fail to understand why claim 1 cannot be written in
plainer English and, if there is further prosecution, we recommend that claim 1 be re-
written to read: "In a combination of a cellulosic nonwoven material and a medium, the
improvement wherein the medium comprises [A] ***."
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