Appeal No. 2003-0060
Application 09/236,718
8. A staple fiber non-woven fabric comprising:
three-dimensionally entangled constituent fibers including
first and second split staple fibers, the first split staple
fibers formed from a polyamide, second split staple fibers formed
from polyester and water absorptive staple fibers;
wherein the first and second split staple fibers have a
fineness of not greater than 0.5 denier per fiber and a splitting
degree of at least 85%.
THE REFERENCES
Pike et al. (Pike) 5,759,926 Jun. 2, 1998
Nakamura et al. (Nakamura)1 6-101148 Apr. 12, 1994
(Japanese kokai)
THE REJECTION
Claims 8-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Nakamura in view of Pike.
OPINION
We affirm the aforementioned rejection.
The appellants indicate that the claims stand or fall
together (brief, page 3). We therefore limit our discussion to
one claim, i.e., claim 8. See In re Ochiai, 71 F.3d 1565, 1566
n.2, 37 USPQ2d 1127, 1129 n.2 (Fed. Cir. 1995); 37 CFR
§ 1.192(c)(7)(1997).
1 Citations herein to Nakamura are to the English
translation thereof appended to the appellants’ brief.
2
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