Appeal No. 2005-0486
Application No. 09/887,836
adhesive layer between said outer layer and an inner layer
and in contact with both said layer and said inner layer to
form said packaging laminate, wherein said adhesive layer
comprises an adhesive resin, a curing agent and said
butylated phenolic antioxidant; and said inner layer
allowing migration of said butylated phenolic antioxidant
therethrough.
11. An antioxidant adhesive film comprising: a
solventless cured adhesive resin selected from the group
consisting of: polyether urethanes, polyester urethanes,
and polyurethane; and a butylated phenolic antioxidant
present in a concentration of between 1000 and 300,000
parts per million applied from 0.00005 to 0.001 dry pounds
per square foot of a substrate.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Omura et al. (Omura) 4,650,847 Mar. 17, 1987
Saad et al. (Saad) 5,562,874 Oct. 8, 1996
Satoh et al. (Satoh) 6,194,061 Feb. 27, 2001
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Saad in view of Satoh.
Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Omura in view of Satoh.
As a preliminary matter, with regard to appellant’s
arguments concerning entry of the amendment made to
claim 11, this is a petitionable matter, and not an
appealable one. Hence, the status of claim 11 is as
reproduced above, and as described by the examiner on pages
2-3 of the Answer.
We have carefully reviewed appellant’s Appeal Brief
and Reply Brief and the Examiner’s Answer. This review has
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