Appeal No. 2004-1900
Application No. 09/981,350
THE PRIOR ART
The examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Yang 5,824,734 Oct. 20, 1998
Yamauchi et al. (Yamauchi) 5,852,095 Dec. 22, 1998
Kirk et al. (Kirk) 6,335,404 B1 Jan. 1, 2002
Odian, Principles of Polymerization, p. 227 (2nd Ed., John Wiley
& Sons, 1981).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Yang, Kirk and
Odian. Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Yamauchi, Yang,
Kirk and Odian.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the claims, specification and
prior art, including all of the evidence and the arguments
advanced by both the examiner and the appellants in support of
their respective positions. This review has led us to conclude
that the examiner’s Section 103 rejections are well founded.
Accordingly, we will sustain the examiner’s Section 103
rejections for the reasons set forth in the Answer and below.
The appellants do not dispute the examiner’s finding that
Yang or Yamauchi discloses an aqueous composition comprising a
predominantly acrylic aqueous emulsion polymer formed by the free
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