Appeal 2007-0305
Application 10/067,186
The rejections to be reviewed on appeal are as follows:
• The rejection of claims 1-3 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Giannetta.2
• The rejection of claims 5-11, 13, 14, 16-45, 48, and 51-64
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Giannetta,
Requejo,3 Zhang,4 Bosses,5 Maeoka,6 and Wnenchak.7
Appellants do not present separate arguments for any particular claim
with respect either rejection, therefore, the claims subject to each rejection
will stand or fall together. We select claims 1 and 5 as representative of the
subject matter on appeal. 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii).
Anticipation of Claims 1-3 by Giannetta
According to the Examiner, Giannetta “teaches a filtration bag for a
commercial and residential vacuum cleaner comprising a receptacle for
collecting dirt particles . . . formed from a composite sheet comprised of at
least one layer of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and at least one substrate
layer . . . , and a support layer comprising a non-woven polyester,
polypropylene, polyethylene, fiberglass or microfiberglass, bonded to one
side of [the] porous expanded PTFE membrane” (Answer 3).
2 U.S. Patent 6,334,881 B1 to Giannetta et al., issued January 1, 2002.
3 U.S. Patent 5,090,975 to Requejo et al., issued February 25, 1992.
4 U.S. Patent 6,156,086 to Zhang, issued December 5, 2000.
5 U.S. Patent 5,080,702 to Bosses, issued January 14, 1992.
6 U.S. Patent 6,030,484 to Maeoka et al., issued February 29, 2000.
7 U.S. Patent 6,110,243 to Wnenchak et al., issued August 29, 2000.
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