Ex parte JONES - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-0655                                                          
          Application No. 08/052,507                                                  


          providing a second panel of cellular fabric of said desired                 
          width;                                                                      
          trimming a cell of said second panel of cellular fabric to                  
               leave a second attachment strip surface extending                      
               centrally of the thickness of said second panel                        
               the full length of said cell;                                          
          placing an adhesive along the length of said second                         
               attachment strip surface; and                                          
          pressing said second attachment strip surface to said first                 
               attachment strip surface in aligned relationship                       
               until bonding occurs between said first and second                     
               panels of cellular fabric.                                             
               The examiner has relied upon the following references as               
          evidence of obviousness:                                                    
          Rupe                          1,489,716          Apr.  8,                   
          1924                                                                        
          Elsas                         3,250,164          May  10,                   
          1966                                                                        
          Worcester                     4,564,542          Jan. 14,                   
          1986                                                                        
          Hull                          4,675,241          Jun. 23,                   
          1987                                                                        
          Lampe et al. (Lampe)          4,746,395          May  24,                   
          1988                                                                        
          Judkins                       4,974,656          Dec.  4,                   
          1990                                                                        
          Schön                         5,078,195          Jan.  7,                   
          1992                                                                        
               Claims 9 and 13-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                
          as unpatentable over Judkins in view of Worcester “and                      



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