Appeal No. 2006-1328
Application No. 10/379,307
b) at least one incision, having a predetermined
length, formed through said flexible member at a
predetermined location for receiving a portion of a dryer
sheet and securing such dryer sheet therein; and
c) an aperture, having a second predetermined shape,
formed through said flexible member at each terminal end of
said at least one incision.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Tiegler et al. (Tiegler) 2,264,489 Dec. 2, 1941
Prueher 4,245,752 Jan. 20, 1981
Kingry et al. (Kingry) 6,305,046 Oct. 23, 2001
Mattia et al. (Mattia) 2003/0207785 A1 Nov. 6, 2003
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a dryer sheet
enhancer which secures a dryer sheet that is used in a clothes
dryer. The enhancer is a flexible member having at least one
incision for receiving and securing a portion of the dryer sheet.
Also, an aperture is formed through the flexible member at the
terminal end of the incision.
Appealed claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Tiegler in view of Prueher. Claims 1-
18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated
by Mattia.
Appellant presents separate arguments for claims 2, 5, 6, 8
and 17. Accordingly, claims 3, 4, 7, 9-16 and 18 stand or fall
together with claim 1.
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