Appeal No. 1998-0215
Application No. 08/052,671
Even if we agreed with appellant that Pedlow does not
necessarily employ the thermoplastic resin in the claimed
amounts, it would have been at least obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art to employ the thermoplastic resin in
sufficient amounts to overlap and bond the entire surface of a
woven fiberglass cloth and to prevent significant fraying of
cut edges. The suggestion can be derived from the readily
recognizable and observable problems associated with
significant fraying of cut edges and insufficient bonding.
Moreover, to use the thermoplastic resin as the primary
electrical insulation material as taught by Pedlow, one of
ordinary skill in the art would have been led to use the
thermoplastic in amounts sufficient to cover the entire
surface of a woven fiberglass cloth in a sufficient thickness
for bonding and preventing fraying of cut edges.
In view of the foregoing, we concur with the examiner
that the claimed subject matter as a whole is anticipated by,
or in the alternative would have been obvious over, the
disclosure of Pedlow. Hence, we affirm the examiner’s
decision rejecting claims 1 through 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
anticipated by, or in the alternative under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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