Appeal No. 2002-1643 Page 6
Application No. 09/140,700
three layers 180, 182, 184 made of plastic and metal material; the plastic material,
forming an outside of the wall 182 and an inner wall 184; cleaning sheets 16
impregnated with any number of solvent based liquids (column 3, lines 55-63); an outlet
opening 35 forming a restricted outlet and a reclosable snap-on cover 39 for the outlet
opening; and the dispenser being small enough and capable of being secured to a user
by being placed in a pocket of the user;
(2) ascertained that Julius does not disclose the wet sheets are in a flattened roll having
a hollow core;
(3) determined that Palumbo discloses the broad teaching of providing a dispenser
having flexible side walls with a flattened roll of impregnated sheets having a hollow
core wherein sheets 13 are pulled through a restricted outlet opening 8; and
(4) concluded that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to
provide the dispenser of Julius include a flattened roll of impregnated sheets to facilitate
a less bulky dispensing package as taught by Palumbo.
The appellant argues (brief, pp. 6-14) that he "solvent limitation" set forth in
independent claims 1, 7 and 13 (i.e., the industrial cleaning liquid containing a solvent
selected from the group consisting of acetone, isopropyl alcohol, methyl propyl keytone
and methyl ethyl keytone, naphtha, aromatic hydrocarbons and a mixture of two or
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