Appeal No. 1997-0144
Application No. 08/424,223
answer (Paper No. 26, mailed July 11, 1996) for the reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to appellant's substitute brief
(Paper No. 33, filed December 21, 1998) and reply brief (Paper
No. 28, filed September 5, 1996) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determination which follows.
Like the examiner, we note that Bettcher discloses a high
strength, cut-resistant, knittable yarn (e.g., Fig. 1) comprising
a core (10), a first wrapping (12) about the core and a second
wrapping (14) about the first wrapping. The core (10) is
preferably comprised of at least one strand (e.g., 16) of small
diameter flexible wire, such as stainless steel wire, preferably
annealed, and a parallel relatively non-stretchable, high
strength multi-filament synthetic fiber (20), such as a high
strength aromatic polyamide fiber, for example, Kevlar. Bettcher
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