Appeal No. 2005-2620 Παγε 2
Application No. 09/852,712
The appellants' invention relates to a packet of stacked absorbent paper tissues
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Williams 3,129,811 Apr. 21, 1964
Rugenstein et al. (Rugenstein) 4,460,088 July 17, 1984
Focke et al. (Focke) 5,018,625 May 28, 1991
Wewers 5,244,025 Sep. 14, 1993
Admitted Prior Art (APA) as disclosed on page 4 of appellants' disclosure and depicted
in Figures 1 and 2.
The rejections
Claims 16 to 22 and 30 to 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over APA in view of Wewers and Williams.
Claims 16 to 22 and 30 to 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Focke or Rugenstein in view of Wewers and Williams.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed November 17, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
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