Appeal No. 1996-3939
Application 08/295,635
Claims 1 and 16 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as
follows:
1. A bicomponent elastomeric extruded netting having unidirectional elasticity, said
bicomponent elastomeric extruded netting comprising extruded strands consisting
essentially of a relatively inelastic resin component and transverse extruded strands
consisting essentially of a relatively elastic resin component.
16. A bicomponent elastomeric extruded netting having unidirectional elasticity,
said bicomponent elastomeric extruded netting comprising a first set of extruded strands
extending in a first direction and a second set of extruded strands extending in the
opposite transverse direction, one of said strand sets comprising a polypropylene resin
and the other said strand set comprising a styrenic block copolymer resin composition.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Lilley 2,197,188 April 16, 1940
Emi et al. (Emi) 4,296,163 Oct. 20, 1981
Madsen et al. (Madsen) 4,636,419 Jan. 13, 1987
Sipinen et al. (Sipinen) 5,232,777 Aug. 3, 1993
The claims on appeal stand rejected as follows:
I. Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 11 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Madsen,
II. Claims 1 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Lilley,
III. Claims 1, 3, 6 through 9 and 11 and 13 through 15 are rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 on the basis of Lilley and Sipinen,
IV. Claims 1, 2, 4, 5 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable on
the basis of Lilley and Emi, and
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