Ex parte HOPFE - Page 4




          Appeal No. 95-4091                                                          
          Application No. 08/106,742                                                  

                               THE REFERENCE OF RECORD                                
          As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the                    
          following reference of record.                                              
          Sato et al. (Sato)       4,452,840                Jun. 5, 1984              
                                    THE REJECTION                                     
          Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                      
          unpatentable over Sato.                                                     
                                       OPINION                                        
               As a preliminary matter, appellant has stated that claims              
          6 and 7 stand or fall together.  See 37 CFR                                 
          §1.192(c)(5)(1993).  See appellant’s Brief, page 4.  Our                    
          opinion will focus on a specific limitation of the claimed                  
          subject matter shared by both claims and dispositive of this                
          appeal.                                                                     
          We have carefully considered all of the argument                            
          advanced by the appellant and the examiner and agree with                   
          appellant that the aforementioned rejection is not well                     
          founded.  Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejection.                   
          The claimed subject matter before us is drawn to a                          
          method which provides, “a prelaminate capable of transmitting               
          at least 85% of light incident thereon.”  See claim 6.  The                 

                                          4                                           





Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007