Appeal No. 2004-1029
Application No. 09/747,529
graphic impression on at least one side thereof. The method of
making the article as described in the specification comprises
the steps of a) providing a two-sided Jacquard woven textile
wherein the front side of the textile or towel has, for example,
a dark color border adjacent each edge and a light color area
within the borders, while the reverse side has a light color
border adjacent each edge and a dark color area within and
surrounded by the borders, and b) subsequently transferring a
graphic impression onto the towel, preferably in the light color
central area of the front side, by screen printing, image dyeing,
digital imaging, or heat transferring. Independent claims 21 and
29 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy
of those claims can be found, respectively, in the Appendix to
the examiner's answer and the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hobson 4,259,994 Apr. 7, 1981
Carpenter et al. 5,983,952 Nov. 16, 1999
(Carpenter)
Claims 21 through 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Hobson in view of Carpenter.
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