Appeal No. 96-3938
Application No. 08/288,861
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection
of claims 10 through 25 which are all of the claims remaining
in the application.2
The subject matter on appeal relates to an adhesive
composition comprising a block copolymer having at least two
polymer blocks which comprise a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and
at least one polymer block comprising a conjugated diene and
comprises a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon content of 25% to 60%
by weight and a vinyl content of the conjugated diene portion
of 30% to 70%. Additionally, the relationship between the
aforementioned contents must satisfy a certain claim formula.
This appealed subject matter is adequately illustrated by
independent claim 10, a copy of which taken from the
appellant’s brief is appended to this decision.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Minamizaki et al. 4,699,938 Oct. 13, 1987
(Minamizaki)
2Notwithstanding certain conflicting language therein,
the last paragraph on page 1 of the appellant’s brief is
interpreted by this panel of the Board as reflecting that the
appellant is advancing claims 10 through 25 on this appeal but
concedes the propriety of the examiner’s section 112, second
paragraph, rejection of claim 20.
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