Appeal 2007-0876
Application 10/057,346
7. An antibacterial tissue including:
an upper planar shaped absorbent member;
a lower planar shaped absorbent member having a
plurality of apertures formed therein coupled to the upper
planar shaped absorbent member; and
an antibacterial member formed on an upper surface of
the lower planar shaped absorbent member between the upper
planar shaped absorbent member and the lower planar shaped
absorbent member.
Thus, claims 1 and 7 are directed, respectively, to the three-layer and
two-layer antibacterial tissues disclosed in the Specification.
2. PRIOR ART
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
McAtee US 6,280,757 B1 Aug. 28, 2001
3. OBVIOUSNESS
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious in view
of McAtee (Answer 4).
The Examiner cites McAtee as teaching personal cleansing articles
having two outer layers formed of paper fibers having a cleaning substance
between the two layers (id., citing McAtee, Figures 4, 5, and abstract). The
Examiner points out that “[m]ore than two plies may also be used with any
or all of the plies being apertured (col. 6, lines 50-60)” and that “[t]he
cleaning substance may be added onto or impregnated into any or all of the
surfaces of the different layers, either before or after they are joined (col. 30,
lines 45-60)” (id.). The Examiner notes that “[a] biocide may be an optional
ingredient (col. 30, lines 10-30)” (id.).
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