Appeal No. 1996-2572
Application No. 08/192,077
resole resin, said catalyst selected from the group consisting
of an ester functional curing catalyst and a carbamate.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner are:
Stephan (Stephan) 3,705,832 Dec. 12, 1972
Detlefsen et al. (Detlefsen) 4,961,795 Oct. 9, 1990
McVay et al. (McVay) 4,977,231 Dec. 11, 1990
Dailey, Jr. (Dailey) 5,075,414 Dec. 24, 1991
Appealed claims 1-5 and 11-16 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Dailey. Appealed claims 6,
7, 9, 23, 25, and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Dailey in view of McVay. Appealed claims 8,
10, 24, and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Dailey in view of Detlefsen. Appealed
claims 11, 16-19, 26, and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as unpatentable over Dailey in view of Stephan.
We sustain the rejections of the appealed composition
claims 23-27. We cannot sustain the rejections of the
appealed method claims 1-19. Accordingly, the decision of the
examiner is affirmed-in-part.
The subject matter on appeal relates to two principal
aspects of an invention involving an aqueous adhesive
composition composed of a monohydroxylic phenolic resole resin
(the resole resin) and a resorcinolic resin precondensate
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