Appeal No. 2002-1107 Page 8
Application No. 09/662,540
monomers may be used and exemplifies using from 40 to 98 weight
percent epoxy monomer. See example 1. From that disclosure, one
of ordinary skill in the art would have been led to use amounts
of epoxy monomers and oligomers, such as 20 weight percent of
each, that overlap the amounts here claimed when both oligomers
and monomers are employed in formulating the coating as taught by
Roth.
Consequently, we shall sustain the examiner’s § 103
rejection over Roth.
CONCLUSION
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-4, 6, 13-21,
23, 30-38, 40 and 47-51 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Koleske; to reject claims 1-8, 12-25, 29-42, and
46-51 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Koleske; and to reject claims 1-8, 12-25, 29-42, and 46-51 under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Roth is affirmed.
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