Appeal 2006-2455
Application 10/142,533
Steuber US 3,169,899 Feb. 16, 1965
Dempsey US 3,920,874 Nov. 18, 1975
Claims 2, 3, and 6-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Steuber in view of Dempsey. (Answer 3-4).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
Examiner and the Appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make
reference to the Appellants' Briefs and the Examiner's Answer. 1
OPINION
Appellants' invention relates to bulky fibrous fabric. The fibrous
fabric comprises unbonded consolidated batt of fibers without scrim. The
fibrous fabric is described as having a surface area of at least 2 m2/g and a
thickness/basis weight ratio of at least 0.005 mm/g/m2. Representative claim
2, as presented in the Brief, appears below:
2. A bulky fibrous fabric made by a process comprising:
a) obtaining an unbonded, consolidated batt of fibers without a scrim,
wherein each fiber has a ribbon-shaped cross-section; and
b) needlepunching said batt to obtain the bulky fibrous fabric having
a surface area of at least 2 m2/g and a thickness/basis weight ratio of at least
0.005 mm/g/m2.
1 In rendering this decision we have considered the Appellants' position
presented in the Briefs filed January 5, 2006 and March 28, 2006. We have
considered the Examiner's position presented in the Answer mailed March 3,
2006.
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