Appeal No. 2000-1871 Page 14
Application No. 08/907,398
been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person
having ordinary skill in the art to have secured the
peripheries of Moor's two synthetic woven sheets together by
ultrasonically welding to form a binder cover for the known
advantages thereof (e.g., less expensive to manufacture, less
time consuming, easier to automate).
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
Claims 11 to 19, 23 to 25 and 27 to 36
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 11 to 19,
23 to 25 and 27 to 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is also affirmed
since the appellant has not argued separately the
patentability of any particular claim apart from the others,
thus allowing claims 11 to 19, 23 to 25 and 27 to 36 to fall
with claim 10 (see In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 590, 18 USPQ2d
1089, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Wood, 582 F.2d 638, 642,
199 USPQ 137, 140 (CCPA 1978); and 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and
(8)(iv)).
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