Appeal No. 2001-1762
Application No. 09/226,903
containing coating compositions suitable for use as adhesives,
anti-flutter compositions, and coatings (e.g., for body panel
reinforcement and sound dampening). (Specification, page 1,
lines 5-7.) Further details of this appealed subject matter are
recited in representative claim 1, the only independent claim on
appeal, reproduced below:
1. A curable coating composition comprising:
(a) at least one epoxy-functional
polymer containing at least two
epoxide groups per molecule present
in an amount ranging from about 55
to about 99 weight percent of total
resin solids of the coating
composition;
(b) at least one thermoplastic polymer
which is substantially insoluble in
the epoxy-functional polymer
present in an amount ranging from
about 1 to about 45 weight percent
of total resin solids of the
coating composition;
(c) ground vulcanized rubber particles
having an average particle size
ranging from about 1 to about 300
microns present in an amount
ranging from about 1 to about 70
weight percent of total resin
solids of the coating composition;
and
(d) a curing agent adapted to cure the
epoxy-functional polymer.
The examiner relies on the following prior art references
as evidence of unpatentability:
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