Appeal No. 2003-1818
Application 09/223,602
about 35 pounds per 3,000 square feet (about 5 to about
57 grams per square meter), which basis weights are with
respect to paper 70 in an uncreped state. More
preferably, the total basis weight of paper 70 is from
about 7 to about 25 pounds per 3,000 square feet (about
11 to about 41 grams per square meter) and the basis
weight of layer 71 is from about 3 to about 20 pounds
per 3,000 square feet (about 5 to about 33 grams per
square meter) as measured in an uncreped state [column
7, line 47, through column 8, line 2].
Table Ib in column 10 of the reference enumerates certain
parameters, including basis weight, bulk density and machine
direction stretch, for five specific examples of Carstens’ two-
layer design. Figures 37, 38 and 39 depict alternative
embodiments which are generally described, without specific
parameters, at column 20, lines 35 through 68. Examples 1
through 5 (see columns 23 through 34) pertain to still further
embodiments whose parameters, including basis weight, bulk
density and machine direction stretch, are listed in Tables VI
through X, respectively.
In rejecting claim 8 as being anticipated by Carstens (see
page 3 in the answer), the examiner relies on the specific
examples of Carstens’ two-layer tissue design summarized in Table
Ib and, in apparent appreciation of the fact that these
particular examples do not meet the basis weight limitation in
claim 8, on the general basis weight ranges for the two-layer
tissues set forth in the above reproduced passage bridging
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