Appeal No. 2006-0111
Application 09/900,746
a roll (Brief, pages 4-8). Representative independent claim 1 is
reproduced below:
1. (Previously Presented) A method of making wet rolls,
comprising:
providing a web of material, wherein the web travels at a
speed of at least 60 meters per minute;
applying a wetting solution to the web to produce a wet
web; breaking the wet web; and winding the web into a
roll.
The examiner has relied on the following references as evidence
of obviousness:
Deacon et al. (Deacon) 4,601,938 Jul. 22, 1986
Win et al. (Win) 5,667,635 Sep. 16, 1997
Perini WO 01/40090 A2 Nov. 28, 2000
(published International Application)
Claims 1-7, 9-12, 14, 16-19 and 21-48 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Perini (Answer, page 3). 1
Claims 13 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Perini in view of Deacon (Answer, page 6). Claims
1-7, 9-19, and 21-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Deacon (Answer, page 7). Claim 20 stands rejected
1As correctly noted by the examiner (Answer, pages 4-5,
footnote 1) and appellants (Brief, pages 2-4, footnote 2), this
rejection in the final Office action dated Dec. 28, 2004,
inadvertently did not include claims 41-48. However, as the
examiner and appellants agree, these claims will be considered as
included in this rejection.
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