Appeal No. 97-4161
Application 08/397,408
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 1, 3-11 and 13-20, which constitute
all of the claims remaining of record in the application.2
The appellants’ invention is directed to a method and
apparatus for embossing a pattern on an absorbent paper
product. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claims 1 and 11, which can be
found in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Scherf 860,697 July 23, 1907
Thomas 3,868,205 Feb. 25, 1975
Schulz 4,376,671 Mar. 15, 1983
Bauernfeind (`728) 4,483,728 Nov. 20, 1984
Burt 4,671,983 June 9,
1987
Bauernfeind (`967) 4,759,967 July 26, 1988
Burgess et al. (Burgess) 4,921,034 May 1, 1990
The admitted prior art found at page 5, lines 28-31 and page
6, lines 19-22 of the appellants’ specification.
2The final rejection, the Brief and the Examiner’s Answer erroneously
state in some places that claims 1 and 3-20 have been finally rejected.
However, claim 12 was canceled in Paper 8.
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