Appeal No. 2006-1922 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/207,519
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an odor-absorbing
animal bed (specification, page 1).
Claim 1 is representative of the invention, and is reproduced as
follows:
An animal bed encasing for enclosing a cushioning core,
the encasing comprising:
a face textile with an exterior surface and an interior
surface wherein the face textile is selected from the
group consisting of a woven textile material, a knitted
textile material and nonwoven textile material; and
an odor receiving layer disposed on the interior surface of
the face textile, wherein the odor receiving layer
comprises of plurality of odor receiving particles selected
from the group consisting of activated carbon and
activated charcoal held in place by a bonding adhesive and
wherein at least a portion of the odor receiving
particles are disposed in contacting relation with the
interior surface.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kostial 2002/0108578A1 Aug. 15, 2002
(filed Feb. 14, 2001)
Pearson et al. (Pearson) 3,783,085 Jan. 1 1974
Claims 1, 2, 15, 17-20 and 23-25 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kostial in view of
Pearson.
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