Appeal No. 1996-2690
Application 07/967,787
Claims 1-13 and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the invention.
Claims 1-4, 9-13, and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies on Ulman.
Claims 1-13, and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies on Ulman and Reck.
We reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, and the
rejection of claims 2-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and affirm the rejection of claims 1 and 37
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
BACKGROUND
The invention is described at page 3-4 of the specification as being directed to a
method of forming crosslinked nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers which exhibit second
order nonlinear optical properties and a crosslinked product prepared by the method. The
method is stated to include combining a host polymer, having a nonlinear optical
component covalently bond thereto, with a crosslinking agent, exposing the mixture to an
electric field to pole the nonlinear optical component and then exposing the poled material
to electromagnetic radiation to form a crosslinked polymer product.
DISCUSSION
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