Appeal No. 95-4966
Application No. 08/072,182
and the claimed method are perpendicular to the substrate (see
Debe, column 4, lines 36-38). The examiner states that only
the embodiment of Fig. 6 in Perrotta is drawn to filaments in
a direction other than perpendicular to the substrate while
the general disclosure of Perrotta teaches that “[t]he fibers
can be aligned” (Answer, page 8).
Perrotta teaches aligning a plurality of the
filaments in substantially the same direction since the
substrate originally bears crystalline random filaments
(column 2, lines 29-33). This alignment is accomplished by
rolling and compressing the filaments to orient the filaments
in the general direction of the applied force (column 6, lines
58-60, and Figures 6 and 7). The examiner has not shown any
disclosure or teaching in Perrotta pertinent to the
manufacture of filaments that are perpendicular to the
substrate (see Figures 1 through 5). Accordingly, Perrotta
alone would not have suggested to the artisan the formation of
perpendicular microstructures on a substrate. The only
disclosure of forming microstructures perpendicular to the
substrate occurs in Debe and the examiner’s proposed
9
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007