Appeal No. 2004-2257
Application No. 09/841,486
hydrophilic thermoplastic resin per 100 parts by weight of a
non-hydrophilic thermoplastic resin and 0 to 70% by weight
of at least one of an inorganic fine powder and an organic
fine powder in an intermeshing twin-screw extruder at a
screw shear rate of 300 sec-1 or higher and which has a
liquid absorbing capacity of 0.5 ml/m2 or more as measured
in accordance with the method specified in Japan TAPPI
Standard No. 51-87
PRIOR ART
The examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,506,037 Mar. 19, 1985
Arai et al. (Arai) 4,686,118 Aug. 11, 1987
Fujita et al. (Fujita) 5,059,630 Oct. 22, 1991
THE REJECTIONS
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
1) Claims 1 through 6, 8, 9 and 13 through 19 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by the disclosure of Suzuki2;
2) Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Suzuki and
Arai; and
2 At page 3 of the Answer, the examiner has inadvertently
included canceled claim 7 in this rejection. We have corrected
this inadvertent error made by the examiner by deleting canceled
claim 7 from the statement of rejection.
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