Appeal No. 97-0056 Page 5
Application No. 07/791,156
textile fabric, but takes official notice that it is well
known to apply anti-fray compositions to fabrics and panels
like that disclosed by Duval (answer, page 3). As the
appellants have not challenged the examiner's taking of
official notice, we will accept the examiner's position that
the broad concept of the application of anti-fray composition
to textile fabric material used for the formation of cellular
window coverings of the type disclosed by Duval is well known
in the art.
The appellants argue that their "novel contribution
resides in the elimination or non-application of the treatment
composition to those areas of the fabric intended for receipt
of an adhesive" (brief, page 4) and that the examiner has not
shown any objective teaching in the prior art to suggest that
it would have been obvious to leave untreated those areas
intended for subsequent application of adhesive (brief, page
6). However, as correctly noted by the examiner, claims 57
through 60 do not preclude the anti-fray treatment composition
from being applied to the entire fabric with the adhesive
subsequently being applied thereon (answer, page 4). In other
words, the application of anti-fray composition over the
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