embossing rolls such that said first embossing roll is
positioned adjacent said third embossing roll forming a nip
region between the protuberances formed in each roll;
applying an adhesive to the web carried by said first
embossing roll; and
Appeal No. 1999-1375
Application 08/619,806
adhering said first ply and said second ply to one
another
in said nip region;
wherein at least a portion of said raised portions of
said first and second plies are adhered to one another and
said recessed portions of said first and second plies are
spaced from one another.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Thomas 3,738,905 June 12, 1973
Schulz (Schulz `671) 4,376,671 Mar. 15, 1983
Grupe 5,215,617 June 1, 1993
Schulz (Schulz `983) 5,269,983 Dec. 14, 1993
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 7 and 15 through 21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Schulz `671 or
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