Appeal No. 2003-0819
Application No. 09/872,928
at least one additive selected from the group
consisting of organic phosphates or phosphonites.
The examiner relies on the following prior art references
as evidence of unpatentability:
Ertl 4,745,192 May 17, 1988
Dubs et al. 5,175,312 Dec. 29, 1992
(Dubs)
Nozaki et al. 5,310,848 May 10, 1994
(Nozaki)
Nesvadba et al. 5,516,920 May 14, 1996
(Nesvadba)
Malik et al. 5,679,733 Oct. 21, 1997
(Malik) (effective filing date Jun. 1, 1993)
Daly et al. 5,708,039 Jan. 13, 1998
(Daly) (effective filing date Dec. 12, 1994)
Valet et al. 5,753,729 May 19, 1998
(Valet) (effective filing date May 11, 1994)
Kaplan et al. 5,847,057 Dec. 8, 1998
(Kaplan) (effective filing date Oct. 30, 1997)
Claims 14 through 17 and 19 through 30 on appeal stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over “Ertl [],
Malik [] or Valet [], in view of Dubs [] or Nesvadba [], further
in view of Nozaki [], Daly [] or Kaplan...” (Answer, pages 3-
6.)
We affirm.2
2 The appellants submit: “The composition claims, 14-24
[sic], the process claims 25-26 and 27-28 and the polymer film
5
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