Appeal No. 1998-2551 Page 3
Application No. 08/787,624
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates generally to a looped
pile fabric which can be employed as the female fabric for
receiving an article of manufacture in a pre-selected position
of engagement with a male fabric which engages the loops of
the loop pile fabric (specification, p. 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. §
103 are:
Altman 3,266,841 Aug. 16, 1966
Hong et al. (Hong) 4,202,139 May 13, 1980
Eschenbach 4,305,245 Dec. 15, 1981
American Viscose Corp. 923,184 Apr. 10, 1963
(American Viscose) (United Kingdom)
Claims 32, 33 and 47 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by American Viscose.
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