Appeal No. 1998-3154
Application No. 08/277,937
is subjected to a flash-off, without baking, before applying
an overcoat of a clear composition. The coated substrate is
then baked to produce a multicoat finish. According to
appellants, "the proportion of non-volatile components in
organic-containing basecoat compositions can be increased by
replacing up to 10% by weight of the basecoat volatile
components with an aliphatic polyether or mixture of aliphatic
polyethers" (page 2 of Brief, paragraph V).
Appellants submit at page 3 of the Brief that "[a]ll
claims in this appeal, claims 29-36, stand or fall together
with the sole independent claim 29."
Appealed claims 29-36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as follows:
(1) Benefiel in view of Garner,
(2) Backhouse in view of Garner, and
(3) Benefiel in view of Kordomenos.
Claim 29 also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph.
Upon careful consideration of the opposing arguments
presented on appeal, we will not sustain the examiner's
rejections.
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