Ex Parte Beitz et al - Page 14



              Appeal No. 2007-0517                                                                                       
              Application No. 10/768,647                                                                                 
              portions of absorbent material joined by the splicing material.  (Appeal Brief,                            
              pages 14-15).  In particular, Applicant states that there is no factual basis on which                     
              it can be said that Roslund’s cement strip necessarily results in the claimed fluid                        
              permeability.  (Id. at 15).                                                                                
                     Applicant’s contention that Roslund will not achieve the claimed at least                           
              about 25% fluid permeability runs contrary to Roslund’s description of a seam that                         
              largely maintains the porosity and absorbency of its absorbent materials to be                             
              spliced.  As recognized by the Federal Circuit, an Applicant’s mere argument                               
              challenging the USPTO to prove the truth of the statements made in a prior art                             
              patent is insufficient to rebut a prima facie case of anticipation as the USPTO is                         
              not equipped to conduct testing to verify the statements made in the prior art.                            
              King at  1327, 231 USPQ at 139.  We find that the Examiner did not error in                                
              rejecting Applicant’s claim 12 as anticipated.                                                             
                                                                                                                        













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