Appeal No. 1999-0139
Application No. 08/542,576
and additives such as a coupling agent (brief, page 6). The
appellants argue that their comparative examples 3 and 4
(specification, page 43, line 19 - page 44, line 15) provide
evidence that an adhesive made from a polyimide resin does not
necessarily have the coming-out length required by their
claims (brief, page 5). The coming-out lengths in comparative
examples 3 and 4 are, respectively, 3.4 mm and 2.2 mm.
The examiner does not address the disclosure in the
appellants’ specification regarding the factors which
influence the coming-out length and the water absorption rate.
Nor does
the examiner discuss the evidence in the specification.
Instead,
the examiner erroneously argues that there is apparently
nothing of record which indicates that all of Pashby’s
adhesives do not have a coming-out length within the range
required by the appellants’ claims (answer, page 9).
The appellants have, as discussed above, provided
evidence that polyimide adhesives do not necessarily have a
coming-out length within the range required by their claims,
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