Appeal No. 2005-1083
Application No. 09/950,642
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
The appellant does not state that the claims on appeal do
not fall or stand together. See the Brief, page 4. Nor does the
appellant argue the claims on appeal separately. See the Brief
in its entirety. Therefore, for purposes of this appeal, we
select claim 1 from all the claims on appeal and decide the
propriety of the examiner’s rejection based on this claim alone
in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(2003) and 37 CFR § 41.37
(c)(1)(vii)(2004). Claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A process for making a wet-layed metal fiber non-
woven sheet which comprises
(a)(i) preparing an aqueous dispensing fluid comprising
a non-carboxy containing soluble polymer in solution, with
the non-carboxy containing soluble polymer being polyvinyl
alcohol, starch or a cellulose ether, and (ii) dispersing
metal fibers into said aqueous dispensing fluid, with the
non-carboxy containing water soluble polymer being dissolved
in the aqueous dispensing fluid in an amount such that the
viscosity of the dispensing fluid with dispersed metal
fibers is suitable for wet laying techniques, and with the
water soluble polymer comprising from 1 to 5 weight percent
of the aqueous dispensing fluid,
(b) applying the aqueous dispensing fluid with
dispersed metal fibers onto a screen, and
(c) removing the aqueous dispensing fluid to thereby
form a metal fiber sheet.
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