Appeal No. 2004-1900
Application No. 09/981,350
beneficial properties to the claimed composition relative to the
prior art composition produced by t-butyl hydroperoxide initiator
exemplified in Yang. See the Brief and the Reply Brief in their
entirety.
Thus, on this record, we determine that the evidence of
obviousness, on balance, outweighs the evidence of
nonobviousness. Hence, we concur with the examiner that the
claimed subject matter as a whole would have been obvious to one
of ordinary skill in the art within the meaning of 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. Accordingly, we affirm the examiner’s decision rejecting
claims 1 through 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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