Appeal No. 1997-1888 Page 15
Application No. 08/221,467
ordinary skill in the art would not have been apprised of this
feature from the general teachings of either McCarten or
Kiuchi. Accordingly, it is our opinion that the examiner has
not set forth a prima facie case of obviousness and the
examiner's 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims 39
and 40, and of dependent claims 2-12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 42, 43
and 46, as unpatentable over McCarten in view of Kiuchi will
not be sustained.
--The 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection over McCarten in view of
Kiuchi and further in view of Cronin--
Claim 47 on appeal reads as follows:
47. An endless belt for use in a dewatering press to remove
water from a wet web which comprises a fibrous material which
has been impregnated with an elastic material whereby the
fibrous material is uniformly distributed throughout the
elastic material, wherein the hardness of the impregnated
fibrous material in the outer radial direction of the belt is
different from the hardness of the impregnated fibrous
material in the inner radial direction of the belt, the
elastic material consisting of two elastic body precursors
which are in engagement and which form inner and outer edges
of the belt in a radial direction.
Cronin discloses (Fig. 4) a bearing blanket (belt) (44)
including a woven base (46) with a first laminate (52) on one
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