Appeal No. 2004-2292
Application No. 09/747,537
Appellants argue “Schloegl reveals no adhesion problems between layers
nor would one expect adhesion problems in his films because of the
chemical similarities of the adjacent layer materials. This fact is
convincingly supported in the record by the Declaration of the inventor,
Robert Migliorini, filed January 20, 2004, pointing out that adhesion
problems do not exist between adjacent polyolefin film layers.” (Brief, p.
5). Appellants reiterate this argument on pages 1 and 2 of the Reply Brief.
Migliorini in the declaration states that Blemberg is directed to
“biaxially oriented polymeric film structures with adjacent coextruted layers
that are produced from different categories of polymeric materials”.
(Paragraph 5). The declarant further states that based on his experience
“adjacent layers of biaxially oriented coextruded polymeric films produced
from the same category of polymeric materials, such as polyolefin-based
materials, do not exhibit low adhesion and the accompanying problems
associated with adjacent layers of categorically different materials.”
(Paragraph 6).
Appellants’ arguments and supporting declaration appear to argue
that the applied prior art does not provide the details as to how to carry
out improving the adhesion of adjacent layers of a multilayer film.
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