Appeal 2006-1924
Application 09/954,506
cutting said at least two strips of fastener material to define
at least a first and second stream of a plurality of fastener members;
successively rotating each of said fastener members about
an axis substantially perpendicular to said second machine direction in each
of said first and second streams; and
applying each of said rotated fastener members in each of
said first and second streams to said base web, wherein said fastener
members in said first stream are sequentially located relative to said fastener
members in said second stream on said base web in an alternating
relationship along said first machine direction.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references as evidence
in rejecting the appealed claims:
Wada1 JP 03176053 A Jul. 31, 1981
Pohjola US 5,224,405 Jul. 6, 1993
Roessler US 5,399,219 Mar. 21, 1995
Datta US 5,476,702 A Dec. 19, 1995
Rajala US 5,556,504 Sep. 17, 1996
Fernfors GB 2,308,290 A June 25, 1997
Justmann US 5,900,101 May 4, 1999
Widlund EP 0,755,238 B1 Aug. 25, 1999
Claims 1, 2, 7-12, and 14-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Fernfors (GB 2308290) in view of Wada
(JP 03176053), Datta, Pohjola, and Rajala. Claims 2 and 7-14 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fernfors in view of
Wada (JP 03176053), Datta, Pohjola, Rajala, and Widlund. Claims 3-6
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fernfors
in view of Wada (JP 03176053), Datta, Pohjola, Rajala, optionally Widlund,
further taken with Roessler and Justmann. Claims 32, 34-40, 48, and 49
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Rajala
1 The Examiner refers to this reference as Takao.
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