Appeal No. 2007-0517
Application No. 10/768,647
large degree so that such area as well as other areas of the felt may
take up the moisture driven out of the paper.
(Id. at col. 1, ll. 8-14, emphasis added).
Platt ‘761
14) The Examiner relies upon Platt ‘761 for its description of a heat softenable
splicing material in a web pattern. (Examiner’s Answer, p. 4).
Erceg ‘820
15) The Examiner relies upon Erceg ‘820 for its description of:
[A] method of butt splicing foam materials which are generally water
absorbent materials by applying a foam splicing material over the first
face of both adjacent sheets.
(Examiner’s Answer, p. 4).
Minarelli ‘639
16) The Examiner relies upon Minarelli ‘639 for its description of applying
splicing materials to opposite faces of webs being spliced. (Id. at 5).
Boriani ‘592
17) The Examiner relies upon Boriani ‘592 for its description of a splicing
material being wrapped around the webs being spliced. (Id.).
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