Appeal No. 1997-3897 Page 7
Application No. 08/458,930
claimed invention. Even if the Thompson reference is2
considered to be analogous prior art (the appellants argue
that it is not), the combined teachings of the applied prior
art would not have suggested a process for manufacturing
substantially 100% nylon 6 carpet as set forth in independent
claim 1 (the only independent claim on appeal).
We have also reviewed the references additionally applied
in the rejection of dependent claims 5 to 10 and 12 to 16 but
find nothing therein which makes up for the deficiencies
discussed above regarding claim 1.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 1, 2 and 4 to 16 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 is reversed.
2Claim 1 recites a process for manufacturing
substantially 100% nylon 6 carpet which includes the following
steps:
(a) making an unbound carpet by inserting nylon 6 face yarn
into a nylon 6 support means; (b) melting nylon 6 to form
molten nylon 6; and (c) binding the face yarn to the support
means by providing the molten nylon 6 at points where the face
yarn and the support means contact each other , and allowing
the molten nylon 6 to cool, thereby forming a substantially
100% nylon [6] bound carpet.
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007