Appeal No. 2006-1647
Application No. 10/157,537
a first plurality of planar wires, said first plurality of
planar wires being formed so as to have a cross-section with at
least one planar surface, said at least one planar surface
extending substantially along the length of said first plurality
of planar wires prior to being woven;
a second plurality of wires, said first plurality of planar
wires being interwoven with a second plurality of wires to form
a first screen, said at least one planar surface being
continuous along each of said first plurality of planar wires;
and
at least one additional screen secured to but not
interwoven with said first screen.
The examiner does not rely upon prior art in the rejection
of the appealed claims.
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a screen
assembly for filtering media comprising a first screen and at
least one additional screen. The first screen comprises a first
and second plurality of wires that are interwoven, with the
first plurality of wires formed to have a cross-section with at
least one planar surface. The at least one additional screen is
secured to but not interwoven with the first screen.
Appealed claims 1, 3-5, 8, 13, 15, 16, and 19-21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, description
requirement. Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph.
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