Appeal No. 2003-0814
Application No. 09/888,756
portion of the first surface 34 of the framework 32 resembles a
net in appearance and is referred to as the “top side network
surface.” The portion of the framework 32 which is exposed on
the backside of the papermaking belt 10 referred to as the
“backside network surface.” As seen in FIGS. 2 and 4, the top
side network surface 34a is macroscopically monoplanar,
patterned, and continuous. See column 20, lines 43-68 and
column 21, lines 1-7. It is the aforementioned top side network
surface and backside network surface that results from the
process for making the papermaking belt set forth in columns 25-
31 of Trokhan. It is true that Rodish is directed to a method
and apparatus for providing a substrate such as a textile fabric
or a paper sheet with a mesh like pattern of reinforcing plastic
stripes or strands. The invention of Rodish is particularly
useful for reinforcing paper used for manufacturing articles
carrying paperbacks. See column 1, lines 9-14. An object of
Rodish is to provide a method and apparatus for coating a
surface of linearly displaced web of paper or other substrate
material with a regular mesh-like pattern of plastic reinforcing
stripes or strands, preferably diamond-shaped or lozenge-shaped,
which increases the tensile strength of the substrate in a
lateral as well as longitudinal direction. See column 2, lines
15-24. Hence, the purpose of coating the web of paper in Rodish
with a mesh-like pattern or plastic reinforcing stripes or
strands is for reinforcing the paper product. The examiner has
not explained how coating the reinforcing structure 33 of
Trokhan using the method of Rodish would result in the paper
contacting surface 11 of the papermaking belt 10 as depicted in
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 of Trokhan while achieving the function as
described in column 19, beginning at line 14 of Trokhan. That
is, the resin framework 32 has a first surface 34 for contacting
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