Appeal No. 1998-3158
Application No. 08/467,634
THE REFERENCES
Welch et al. (Welch) 4,936,865 Jun. 26,
1990
Arkens et al. (Arkens) 5,143,582 Sep. 1,
1992
THE REJECTION
Claims 10-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Arkens in view of Welch.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejection is not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.
Arkens discloses a method for making a heat resistant
nonwoven fabric (col. 1, lines 5-7). The heat resistant
fibers used to make the fabric are “fibers which are
substantially unaffected by exposure to temperatures above
of this invention, but may be used in addition to the fixed
base; they do not contribute to the required degree of
neutralization by a fixed base” (specification, page 12, lines
22-26).
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