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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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` (this listing replaces all prior versions):
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`l-13. (Cancelled)
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`14. (Currently Amended) A bed sheet comprising a fabric ofa man-made fiber, th_e
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`fabric having been knit at a high gauge: and the fabric having higher breathability, higher heat
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`transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics than a cotton fabric.
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`15. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 14 wherein the fabric comprises a
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`finished fabric comprising:
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`a first circular knitted fabric portion; and
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`a second circular knitted fabric portion;
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`at least one of the fabric portions comprising a performance fabric portion;
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`the first and second fabric portions being discrete and joined to form the finished fabric.
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`16. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 14, comprising piping.
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`1?. {Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 15, wherein the first and second
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`fabric portions have different fabric characteristics.
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`18. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric
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`characteristics comprises moisture management.
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`19. (Previously Presented") The bed sheet of claim 14 in which the fabric is knit ofthe
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`man-made fiber.
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`20. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 14 in which the fabric has a gauge of
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`at least 17' gauges.
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`21. (Previously Presented") The bed sheet of claim 14 in which the fabric is circularly
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`knit.
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`22. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 14 being stretchable to fit either a
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`baby crib and an adult bed.
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`23. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 14 that is sufficiently stretchable to fit
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`a standard rectangular bed and a smaller, non-rectangular marine bed.
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`24. (Previously Presented") The bed sheet of claim 14 that is sufficiently stretchable to fit
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`either a crib or a standard adult bed.
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`25. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet ofclaim I4 that is at least 90 inches wide.
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`26. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet ofclaim 14 having dimensions of
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`approximately 102 inches in length and approximately 91 inches in width.
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`27. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 14 comprising a pull tie that can be
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`cinched to increase tension around an edge of the bed sheet.
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`28. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one ofthe fabric
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`characteristics is [W protection.
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`29. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet ofclaim 17, wherein at least one ofthe fabric
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`characteristics is anti-microbial fabric.
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`30. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet ofclaim I7, wherein at least one ofthe fabric
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`characteristics is thenno-regulation.
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`31. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one of the fabric
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`characteristics is wind resistance.
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`32. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 17, wherein at least one ofthe fabric
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`characteristics is water resistance.
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`33. (Currently Amended) A bed sheet comprising a ei-sea-l-aid-y-Ii-a-i-t fabric circularly knit
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`at a high gauge and including a high performance man-made fiber.
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`34. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 33 that is at least 90 inches wide.
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`35. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 33 in which the bed sheet comprises
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`at least two portions ofthe circularly knit fabric.
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`36. (Previously Presented) The bed sheet of claim 33 in which the fabric comprises
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`polyurethanepolyurea copolymer fiber.
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`37. (Previously Presented") The bed sheet of claim 36 in which the polyurethanepolyurea
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`copolymcr fiber is included in the fabric in a proportion such that, if circularly knit at a high
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`gauge, the fabric could be knit at no more than a 72.5 inch circumference without losing integrity
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`of the polyurethanepolyurea copolyrner fiber.
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`38. (Withdrawn) A bed covered by a bed sheet comprising a fabric of a man-made fiber,
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`the fabric having higher breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking
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`characteristics than a cotton fabric.
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`39. (Withdrawn) The bed of claim 38 in which the fabric comprises comprising a
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`circularly knit fabric.
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`40. (Withdrawn) The bed of claim 38 wherein the bed sheet is at least 90 inches wide.
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`41. (Previously Presented") A bed sheet comprising a fabric circularly knit of a man-
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`made fiber, the fabric having a gauge of at least 17 gauges, and the fabric having higher
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`breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics than a cotton
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`fabric.
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`REMARKS
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`The applicant notes that a telephone interview was conducted on April 2, 2012, for
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`related application no. l3f27l ,884. A summary of the interview is included in the response to
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`the office action of January 4, 2012 for that application.
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`The comments of the applicant below are each preceded by related comments of the
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`examiner (in small, bold type).
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`Double Patenting
`3. Claims 14-25, 28-3? and 41 are provisionally rejected on the ground of
`nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over
`claims 1-4 and 28 of copending Application No. l2!569.IS59 and claims 25-43 of
`eopending Application No. 13r'27l,884.
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`The applicant will consider filing a terminal disclaimer once the pending claims have
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`been found to be allowable.
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`Claim Rejections -35 USC § 102
`5. Claims l4,l5.l':'-19,21-24,28,330-33 and 35 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 1
`02th} as being anticipated by Murphy et al. (U.S. Patent No. 6,823,543).
`(I. Regarding claim 14, Murphy et al. teach in Figures 1-3 and column 5, lines 46
`to 6? a bed sheet comprising a fabric of a man-made fiber, the fabric having
`higher
`breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics
`than a cotton fabric.
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`Claim 14 has been amended to recite “the fabric having been knit at a high gauge.”
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`Murphy is not understood to describe or make obvious at least this feature of the claim.
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`Murphy is silent with regard to the gauge of the fabric. The rejection of claim 20 takes
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`official notice with regard to the gauge of the fabric:
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`Regarding claim 20, Murphy et al. teach the bed sheet of claim 14.
`3.
`Murphy et al. do not teach wherein the fabric has a gauge of at least 1'? gauges.
`The examiner takes olticial notice that it is commonly known in the art to use
`high gauge fabrics for bed coverings. It would have been obvious to one having
`ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to use a gauge of at
`least 17, since it has been held that where the general conditions of a claim are
`disclosed in the prior art, discovering the optimum or workable ranges involves
`only routine skill in the art. In re Allcr, 105 USPQ 233.
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`In response, the applicant contends that it would not have been obvious to one having
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`ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to use a high gauge, such as a gauge
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`of l7, in a bed sheet comprising a fabric knit at a high gauge.
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`The inventors, Susan Walvius and Michelle Marciniak, set out to create a bed sheet that
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`had higher heat transfer characteristics than cotton bed sheets and also had a smooth feel when
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`touched. The inventors believed that to have these characteristics, a fabric that was knit would
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`have to be knit at a high gauge.
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`The inventors searched for fabric suppliers who could produce a fabric at a high gauge
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`having a width suitable for use as a bed sheet. They discovered that this could not be done by
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`the fabric suppliers that they contacted. In particular, the contacted fabric suppliers who
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`produced fabric suitable for bed sheets produced fabric at a low gauge, and fabric suppliers who
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`produced fabric at a high gauge produced fabric suitable for clothing such as athletic apparel.
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`In response, the inventors conceived of producing a bed sheet containing fabric of a man-
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`made fiber. The fabric would be knit at a high gauge and the fabric would have higher
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`breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics than a cotton
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`fabric. To the inventors‘ knowledge, even though narrow portions of fabric knitted at a high
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`gauge already existed, none of the contacted suppliers of fabric had produced a fabric having
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`these characteristics and having a width suitable for use as a bed sheet.
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`Once the inventors had conceived of producing a bed sheet containing fabric of a man-
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`made fiber, the fabric having been knit at a high gauge, and the fabric having higher
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`breathability, higher heat transfer, and higher moisture wicking characteristics than a cotton
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`fabric, the inventors put this product on the market. The product, branded as “SHEEX
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`Performance Sheets," has been successful in the marketplace.
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`Accordingly, in part because it would not have been obvious to one having ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time the invention was made to produce a bed sheet comprising a fabric knit at a
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`high gauge, amended claim 14 is patentablc.
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`Amended claim 33 recites a “bed sheet comprising a fabric circularly knit at a high
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`gauge” and is patentablc for reasons similar to those given for claim 14.
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`Claim Rej eetions -35 USC § 103
`Claims 16, 20, 25, 26, 34 and 4] are rejected under 35 U.S.C. l 03(a) as
`1.
`being nnpatentable over Murphy et al.
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`Claims 16, 20, 25, 26 depend from claim l4 and are patentable for at least the same
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`reasons as given for claim 14.
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`Claim 34 depends from claim 33 and is patentable for at least the same reasons as given
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`for claim 33.
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`Claim 41 recites a “bed sheet comprising a fabric circularly knit of a man-made fiber, the
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`fabric having a gauge of at least 17 gauges,“ and is patentable for reasons similar to those given
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`for claim 14.
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`31. Claim 29 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. l ll3(a} as being unpatentable over
`Murphy et al. in view of Porter et al. (U.S. Patent No. 4,690,859).
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`Claim 29 depends from claim 14 and is patentable for at least the same reasons as given
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`for claim 14. Porter is not understood to remedy the deficiencies of Murphy.
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`33. Claim 36 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 1 03(a} as being unpatentahle over
`Murphy et al. in view of Link ct al. (US. Pub. filo. 2l|l}'H-ll283493).
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`Claim 36 depends from claim 33 and is patentable for at least the same reasons as given
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`for claim 33. Link is not understood to remedy the deficiencies of Murphy.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
`Claim 3',-' is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim,
`1.
`but would he allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the
`limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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`The applicant thanks the examiner for the indication of allowable subject matter.
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`All ofthe dependent claims are patentable For at least similar reasons as those For the
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`claims on which they depend are patentable.
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`Canceled claims, if any, have been canceled without prejudice or disclaimer.
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`Any circumstance in which the applicant has (a) addressed certain comments of the
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`examiner does not mean that the applicant concedes other comments of the examiner, (b) made
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`arguments for the patentability of some claims does not mean that there are not other good
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`reasons for patentability ofthose claims and other claims, or (C) amended or canceled a claim
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`r’Frank L. Gerratana.-’
`Frank L. Gerratana
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