Appeal No. 1997-4264
Application No. 08/421,131
the like. Zafiroglu '421 does not suggest using elastomeric
thread for bonding elastic stitch-bonded fabric to another
material. Thus, we agree with appellant that the combined
teachings of Van Vliet, Burger, Zafiroglu '169 and Zafiroglu
'421 would not have suggested using an elastomeric thread to
stitch the elastic strands (77) taught by Lawson to the distal
ends of Lawson's barrier cuffs.
In view of the above, we will not sustain the standing 35
U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims 1, 11 and 17
based on Lawson, Van Vliet, Burger, Zafiroglu '169 and
Zafiroglu '421.
For the same reasons, the rejection of claims 2 through
4, 6 through 10 and 21 through 24, dependent on claim 1, the
rejection
of claims 12 through 16, dependent on claim 11, and the
rejection of claims 18 through 20, dependent on claim 17, will
not be sustained.
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