Appeal 2006-3158
Application 09/945,764
and one or more porous reinforcing layers having a tensile strength of at
least 385 N/m are formed in succession to produce a stencil with high
stiffness and high tensile strength (Br. 6).
Appellant states that the claims do not stand or fall together (Br. 7).
However, Appellant fails to provide any reasonably specific, substantive
arguments for the separate patentability of any individual claim (see the
Brief and Reply Brief in their entirety). Accordingly, we select claim 1 from
the grouping of claims and decide the grounds of rejection in this appeal on
the basis of this claim alone. See 37 C.F.R. § 1.192(c)(7)(8)(2003), in effect
at the time of filing of the Brief; see also In re McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379,
1383 63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465 (Fed. Cir. 2002); and the Answer 3, ¶ (7).
Illustrative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A heat-sensitive stencil comprising:
a thermoplastic resin film,
a porous resin layer provided on said thermoplastic resin film,
and
one or more porous reinforcing layers having a tensile strength
of at least 385 N/m,
wherein the one or more porous reinforcing layers are provided
on a side of said porous resin layer which is opposite to the
thermoplastic resin film.
2
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