Ex Parte Geel - Page 13



          Appeal No. 2006-1587                                                                        
          Application No. 10/020,768                                                                  

          Appellant argues that these claims require a glass fiber content                            
          of less than 50% by weight (id.).                                                           
               We have addressed these arguments above with respect to                                
          Heidweiller and have found them unconvincing.  For this reason                              
          and because Appellant has not contested the Examiner’s proposed                             
          combination of Heidweiller and Helwig ‘843, we affirm this                                  
          rejection for the reasons given above.                                                      

          Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Heidweiller in view of                              
          Kinsley                                                                                     
               Claims 20 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                            
          being obvious over Heidweiller in view of Kinsley.                                          
               The Examiner cites Kinsley for the limitation requiring                                
          polyvinyl alcohol in powder form with a particle size of 50-250                             
          microns (Answer, page 10).  The Examiner states that Kinsley’s                              
          “preferred binder is a polyvinyl alcohol powder . . . [with] a                              
          dry size diameter of 88-220 microns and a swollen size diameter                             
          of 176-440 microns” (Answer, page 10).  According to the                                    
          Examiner, “it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill                              
          in the art at the time the invention was made to use a binder                               
          with a dry size diameter of 88-220 microns as suggested by                                  
          Kinsley, Jr. in the invention of Heidweiller motivated by the                               
          expectation of successfully practicing the invention of                                     
          Heidweiller” (Answer, page 10).  The Examiner acknowledges that                             
          the combination of Heidweiller and Kinsley “discloses the                                   
          claimed invention except for that the base web has about 10 to                              
          less than 50% by weight of glass fibers” as required by claim 22                            
          (id.).  The Examiner states “that the weight percentage of glass                            
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