Appeal No. 1999-0124
Application No. 08/467,438
latex material, which is the material actually used to coat
the topsheet, has an average contact angle of water placed
thereon of only 6.2E, which clearly is outside the claimed
range. A review of Noda’s other examples yields similar5
results, i.e., that the topsheet should be coated with a film
that has a relatively low contact angle that lies outside the
claimed range. Accordingly, Noda does not make up for the
deficiencies of Thompson with respect to the relationship of
groove angle (") to contact angle (2) set forth in the
appealed claims, such that the claimed subject matter as a
whole would not have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
the art in view of the teachings of the applied references.
For these reasons, the standing rejection of the appealed
claims cannot be sustained.
5 See column 4, lines 50-51; column 5, lines 15-19;
column 5, lines 48-52; Tables I and II in column 6; and column
6, lines 67-68.
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