Appeal No. 1999-2159 Page 2
Application No. 08/746,953
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a disposable
wipe-off article. A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Balch et al. (Balch) 3,505,155 April 7,
1970
In addition, the examiner also relied upon Official Notice
concerning heat-sealable bonding.
Claims 1 to 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Balch taken with Official Notice.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 14,
mailed November 16, 1998) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper
No. 13, filed October 19, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 16,
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