Appeal 2006-1310
Application 10/657,320
in color density are used to enhance aesthetics of paper products. (See
Specification 1 and 3.) Details of the appealed subject matter are recited in
claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 131, which are reproduced below:
1. A printed substrate having microscope color density variation, said
printed substrate comprising: a substrate having a first outer
surface and a second outer surface opposed thereto, whereby at
least one of said first or said second outer surface includes indicia,
said indicia comprised of print elements and wherein said substrate
includes a substrate color density, a background color density, and
a print element color density wherein said background color
density is greater than said substrate color density and less than
said print element color density.
4. The printed substrate of Claim 1 wherein said substrate is textured.
5. A printed disposable paper product, said printed disposable paper
product comprising: a substrate having a first outer surface and a
second outer surface opposed thereto, whereby at least one of said
first or said second outer surface includes ink applied thereto, said
ink comprised of at least two solid print regions and wherein the
color density ratio between the at least two solid print regions is at
least about 1.15.
7. The printed disposable paper product of Claim 5 wherein said
substrate is textured.
8. A printed disposable paper product, said printed disposable paper
product comprising:
a substrate having a first outer surface and a second outer surface
opposed thereto, whereby at least one of said first or said second
outer surface includes ink applied thereto, said ink comprised of at
1 The Appellant's arguments are limited to claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 13.
(See Br. 5-13.) Therefore, for purposes of this appeal, we limit our
discussion to these claims consistent with 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)
(2004).
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