Appeal No. 2001-1849
Application 09/138,376
THE INVENTION
The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a
multilayer flat film structure having fluorine-containing
halopolymer and naphthalene-containing polymer layers bonded to
each other by an intermediate adhesive layer. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A multilayer flat film structure which comprises at
least one halopolymer layer which comprises at least one
component selected from the group consisting of homopolymers and
copolymers of fluoropolymers and chlorofluoropolymers, and at
least one naphthalene containing polymer layer attached to the
halopolymer layer by an intermediate adhesive layer.
THE REFERENCES
Kemski 4,341,825 Jul. 27, 1982
Kim et al. (Kim) 5,139,878 Aug. 18, 1992
Nägeli et al. (Nägeli) 5,353,985 Oct. 11, 1994
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kim in view of Nägeli or Kemski.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections.
Each of the appellant’s independent claims requires that a
halopolymer layer containing at least one homopolymer and/or
copolymer of a fluoropolymer or chlorofluoropolymer is bonded to
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