Appeal No. 1996-3995
Application 08/283,721
specified amounts of a water-insoluble solvent dispersed or
emulsified in an aqueous polymer solution containing specified
amounts of water soluble polymer (Brief, page 2). Appellants
state that the oil-in-water (O/W) type emulsion of appellants’
invention is free from ink oozing when the treated fabric is
used with ink jet printing (Id.). Claim 1 is illustrative of
the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced below:
A method for manufacturing a fabric for ink jet printing
comprising applying an aqueous dispersion or emulsion having a
water-insoluble solvent dispersed or emulsified in an aqueous
polymer solution containing water soluble polymer to the
fabric and drying, wherein the content of said water-insoluble
solvent is 20 - 70% by weight of said aqueous dispersion or
emulsion and a water soluble polymer content in said aqueous
dispersion or emulsion is 1/2.5 - 1/20 of the weight of the
water-insoluble solvent.
The examiner has relied upon the following reference in
support of the rejections:
Handa et al. (JP ‘677) 2-99677 Apr. 11, 19902
(Published unexamined Japanese patent application)
Claims 1, 3, 4 and 7-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under
2We refer to and cite from an English translation of this document furnished by
the PTO, previously made of record. Appellants’ Supplemental Reply Brief dated April
17, 1996, Paper No. 35, with an English translation of JP ‘677 attached, has been
refused entry by the examiner (see the Letter dated
May 28, 1996, Paper No. 36).
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