Appeal No. 1997-2065
Application No. 08/441,948
the claimed subject matter. Accordingly, we reverse the
examiner’s decision rejecting all of the appealed claims under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
As a final point, we observe that appellants disclose at
page 13 of the specification that eight Japanese Laid Open
Patent applications and four Japanese patents describe
applying a force of constraint to the paper in its cross
direction during drying. Upon return of this application, the
examiner is advised to determine whether these published
Japanese applications and patents, either alone or taken
together with the above-mentioned references, affect the
patentability of the claimed subject matter.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner is
reversed and this application is remanded to the examiner for
appropriate action consistent with the above instructions.
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