Appeal 2006-3304
Application 10/203,905
this appealed subject matter are set forth in representative independent claim
13 which reads as follows:
13. A material, comprising:
a microfilament nonwoven fabric having a mass per unit area of 40 to
300 g/m2, the nonwoven fabric made from a melt-spun, drawn, multi-
component endless filament having a titer of 1.5 to 5 dtex and directly laid
down to form a fibrous web, the multi-component endless filament split at
least to 80% to form micro-endless filaments having a titer of 0.1 to 1.2 dtex
and bonded;
wherein the fabric is configured as a sound absorbing fabric.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the Examiner as
evidence of anticipation and/or obviousness:
Groten US 5,899,785 May 4, 1999
Nishijima US 5,965,084 Oct. 12, 1999
Marmon US 6,200,669 B1 Mar. 13, 2001
The following prior art rejections are before us on this appeal:
Claims 13-19 and 29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 “(a and e) as
being anticipated by Groten” (Answer 3).
Claims 20 and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Groten, and claim 30 stands correspondingly rejected over
this reference and further in view of Marmon.
Claims 13-21, 29, and 30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Marmon in view of Nishijima.
We refer to the Brief and Reply Brief as well as to the Answer for a
complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by the Appellants
and by the Examiner concerning the above-noted rejections.
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