Appeal No. 1997-0530
Application 08/312,493
(page 16, lines 37-38) within that range, reasonably would
have conveyed to one of ordinary skill in the art that
appellants were in possession of an invention in which the
amount of second polymer is at least 7.2% by weight up to the
upper limit of less than 30% by weight recited in claims 1 and
10 from which claims 21 and 22, respectively, depend. See
Wertheim, 541 F.2d at 265, 191 USPQ at 98.
For the above reasons, we reverse the rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103
over Haubennestel
Haubennestel discloses a lacquer which can be used for
coating coils and which includes a polyester-containing
polysiloxane to impart anti-adhesive character and increased
lubricity to the lacquer (abstract; col. 5, line 68 - col. 6,
line 1; col. 24, line 27). The amount of the polyester-
containing polysiloxane is at least about 0.1 wt% and
particularly preferably at least about 0.5 wt% of the lacquer
composition (col. 6, lines 19-23). The lacquer includes a
binder which can be a polyester (col. 4, lines 64-65; col. 11,
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