Ex parte HERMANS et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1998-2217                                                        
          Application No. 08/644,555                                                  


          deficiencies of Steiner and Bluhm.  See Answer, p. 4 (“it is                
          well known to employ velocity differential web transfer to                  
          achieve further increases in the bulk as well as the                        
          extensibility of web prior to final drying as evidenced by GB               
          1,212,473, Klowak or Weldon.”).  Therefore, this rejection is               
          also reversed.                                                              












                                     Conclusion                                       
               The rejection of claims 1-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                  
          being unpatentable over Bluhm is reversed.  The rejection of                
          claims 1-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                
          Steiner in view of Bluhm and GB ‘473, Klowak or Weldon is                   
          reversed.                                                                   

                                   REVERSED                                           

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