Appeal No. 2004-1831
Application No. 09/338,095
19. A roll of masking material having an axis and first and
second axially spaced ends, said roll of masking material
comprising a coiled elongate sheet, said sheet having opposite
first and second elongate edges, having longitudinal folds
defining, with said elongate edges, edges of longitudinally
extending portions of said sheet, said longitudinally extending
portions of said sheet including pleated portions of said sheet
each having opposite major surfaces generally parallel with said
axis, said pleated portions being superimposed major surfaces to
major surfaces to form a laminate with outermost ones of said
superimposed pleated portions defining the opposite outer
surfaces of said laminate, said first elongate edge of said sheet
being at said first end of said roll and at least some of the
edges of said superimposed pleated portions being positioned
generally radially aligned at said first end of said roll to
support said first elongate edge of said sheet, at least 75
percent of the width of the sheet material in the pleated
portions forming the laminate between said edges is within the
2/3 of the axial length of the roll from said first end.
22. A roll of masking material having an axis and first and
second axially spaced ends, said roll of masking material
comprising a coiled elongate sheet, said sheet having opposite
first and second elongate edges joined along a line of weakness
affording manual separation of said edges, and having
longitudinal folds defining, with said elongate edges, edges of
longitudinally extending portions of said sheet.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness:
Steidinger 5,086,683 Feb. 11, 1992
Yoshino 5,741,389 Apr. 21, 1998
Claims 3, 7-9, 11, 12, 19 and 21 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yoshino, and claims 5,
6 and 22-24 stand correspondingly rejected over this reference
and further in view of Steidinger.
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