Appeal No. 1997-3870
Application No. 08/421,055
dimensionally stable film (Brief, pages 1-2). Claim 6 is
illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of this
claim is attached as an Appendix to this decision.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Wagner et al. (Wagner) 3,837,984 Sep. 24, 1974
Pletcher 4,059,715 Nov. 22, 1977
Kan 4,631,233 Dec. 23, 1986
Schappert et al. (Schappert) 4,822,683 Apr. 18, 1989
Claims 6 through 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
¶1, for lack of support in the disclosure (Answer, page 4).
Claims 14-15 and 29-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶1,
as not completely enabled by the disclosure (id.). Claims 6-8,
16, 20-26 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Wagner (id.). Claims 10-13 stand rejected
under section 103 as unpatentable over Wagner in view of Pletcher
(id.). Claims 9 and 28 stand rejected under section 103 as
unpatentable over Wagner in view of Schappert (Answer, page 5).
Claims 17-19 and 27 stand rejected under section 103 as
unpatentable over Wagner in view of Kan (id.).
We affirm the examiner’s rejection under § 112, ¶1, as the
claims are “not (completely) supported by the disclosure”
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