Appeal No. 1999-0203
Application No. 08/399,384
Claims 14, 15 and 20, the remaining claims in this application,
have been deemed
allowable by the examiner since the rejection of these claims is
withdrawn (Answer, page 9).
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a
polymeric film structure having an enhanced oxygen barrier,
where this oxygen barrier is produced by the process of coating
at least one side of a polymeric substrate with a solution of
poly(vinyl alcohol)(“PVOH”), formaldehyde-containing
crosslinking agent and crosslinking-promoting acid catalyst at a
solution pH of 3.5 or less (Brief, page 3). A copy of
illustrative independent claims 8 and 17 is attached as an
Appendix to this decision.
The examiner relies upon Knoerzer et al. (Knoerzer), U.S.
Patent No. 5,380,586, issued on Jan. 10, 1995, as support for
the rejections on appeal (Answer, page 4). Claims 8-10, 12-13
and 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated
by or,
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