Ex Parte Hayakawa et al - Page 2

                Appeal 2006-2120                                                                                 
                Application 09/890,863                                                                           

                       According to Appellants, the invention is directed to a loud-speaker                      
                comprising a diaphragm, where a portion of the diaphragm comprises a                             
                woven fabric woven with a thread comprising fibers of plural kinds, with at                      
                least one of the fibers having poor dye-affinity such as PBO fiber and at                        
                least another fiber colored with dyes or pigments (Br. 3-4).1  Claims 19, 21,                    
                and 22 are illustrative of the invention and are reproduced below:                               

                             19.  A woven fabric for loud-speaker diaphragm using a woven                        
                       fabric woven with a thread comprising fibers of plural kinds,                             
                       characterized in that at least one of said fibers of the plural kinds is a                
                       fiber with poor dye-affinity such as PBO (poly(p-phenylene                                
                       benzobisoxazole)) fiber and at least another one of said fibers of the                    
                       plural kinds is a fiber colored with dyes or pigments.                                    

                             21.  A diaphragm for loud-speaker, characterized in that said                       
                       woven fabric for loud-speaker diaphragm according to claims 19 or 20                      
                       is used in at least a portion of the diaphragm.                                           









                                                                                                                
                1 We refer to and cite from the “Supplemental Appeal Brief” dated Sep. 22,                       
                2005.                                                                                            
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