Appeal No. 98-0978
Application 08/505,650
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal
in light of the arguments of the appellant and the examiner.
As a result of this review, we have determined that the
applied prior art does not establish a prima facie case of
obviousness with respect to the subject matter on appeal, and
the claims are not indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph. Our reasons follow.
Turning first to the rejection under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, the examiner points to the language of
claim 1 and states that it cannot be determined how the
material of the web enables the formation of a new transfer
element. We have carefully considered the language pointed to
by the examiner but have reached the conclusion that one of
ordinary skill could determine the metes and bounds of claim 1
notwithstanding the language noted by the examiner. Use of
the term "enables" merely designates that this process uses a
structure capable of
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