Appeal No. 2000-1564
Application 08/924,307
THE REJECTION
Claims 15-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Mizutani in view of Hayashi and JP
‘049.2
OPINION
We reverse the examiner’s rejection.
Each of the appellants’ independent claims requires a
dense layer integrally laminated to a liquid impregnate layer,
each layer containing both alkali proof cellulose fibers and
synthetic fibers. These claims further require that the dense
layer has either a specified airtightness or a specified
beating degree and that the liquid impregnate layer has either
2The examiner correctly states in the final rejection
(paper no. 8) and the advisory action (paper no. 10) that
claims 15-30 are rejected. The examiner, however, erroneously
states in the examiner’s answer that the rejected claims are
claims 1-14, which have been canceled and replaced by claims
15-30.
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