Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 8-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claims 8-10 recite “…a plurality of projecting embossed parts which are embossed parts projecting from a first surface and a plurality of recessed embossed parts which are embossed parts projecting from a second surface are formed in the base paper sheet.” It is unclear how the plurality of recessed embossed parts are also embossed parts projecting from a second surface. For purposes of examination, The recessed and projecting parts of the cited art are considered to meet the present limitations. Applicant is advised to clarify the claim limitations.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim 5-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nonomura et al (JP2004081840) in view of Okuhara et al. (WO2021064855).
Regarding claim 5, Nonomura et al. teaches a cleaning wet wipe comprising a base paper sheet and a chemical solution wherein the cleaning wet wipe is obtained by impregnating the base paper sheet with the chemical solution and the chemical solution contains a mite repellent 0001, 0023, 0060-0062 and 0066]. Nonomura et al. are silent regarding the mite repellent being xanthoxylin. However, Okuhara et al. teaches using xanthoxylin mite repellent because it has long lasting effectiveness. It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to use the xanthoxylin mite repellent in Nonomura et al. because it has long lasting effectiveness and arrive at the claimed invention.
Regarding claim 6, the chemical solution contains water as a solvent and contains at least one of ethanol and a surfactant [0037, 0057 and 0065].
Regarding claim 7, the chemical solution is adjusted to be weakly alkaline [0037 and 0055 and 0115].
Regarding clams 8-10, Nonmura et al. teaches a plurality projected embossed parts from a first surface and a plurality of recessed embossed parts which are recessed embossed parts projecting from a second surface are formed in the base paper sheet [Fig. 1 and 0015]. It is noted that claims 8-10 are rejected under 35 USC 112 as set forth above.
Art Not Used but Relevant
US Pat. 7,988,985 teaches pest repellent use on textiles.
Conclusion
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/Shawn Mckinnon/Examiner, Art Unit 1789
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