Appeal No. 2007-0517
Application No. 10/768,647
ordinary skill in the art would understand that Roslund’s “absorptive capacity is
proportional to the total area of the openings, an indication that Roslund intends for
a large total area of the openings.” (Id. at 7-8).
We reverse the Examiner’s rejections of claims 1-11 but affirm the
Examiner’s rejection of claim 12.
ISSUE
The issue is whether Applicant has shown that the Examiner erred in
rejecting the claims. Specifically, the issue is:
To what extent does Roslund teach or suggest a fluid permeable
splicing region?
FINDINGS OF FACT
A. Applicant’s ‘647 Specification and Claims
1) Applicant’s claims on appeal are directed to a process for splicing two
absorbent materials to form a longer continuous length of absorbent materials.
(Appeal Brief, Independent claims 1 & 12).
2) A first and second splice region is formed by attaching a piece of splicing
material to both the trailing end of a first absorbent material and to the leading end
of a second absorbent material. (Id.).
3) The splicing material has a fluid permeability at least about as great as the
fluid permeability of the first and second absorbent materials to be joined. (Id.).
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