Appeal 2007-0693
Application 10/188,519
1 binder copolymer, is inclusive of sodium or potassium salts of (meth)acrylic
2 acid, such as potassium (meth)acrylate. (Specification 5:22-31.) This
3 lexicography is consistent with the ordinary dictionary definitions of
4 (meth)acrylate. (Webster’s New World Dictionary 13, 853 (3rd ed., 1991),
5 Evidence Appendix #1.)
6 Thus, the Examiner’s rejection is in error.
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8 III. Obviousness: Claims 1-20
9 With respect to the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection, Appellants have
10 argued claims 16-19 separately from the other claims (namely claims 1-15
11 and 20). (Br. 15.) We select claim 1 as representative of claims 1-15 and 20
12 and claim 16 as representative of claims 16-19. We therefore confine our
13 discussion to these two representative claims. In this regard, arguments not
14 made are waived. 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(vii).
15 Turning to the merits, Boer describes (in a working example) a battery
16 cell, which is cycled 3 and 25 times (i.e., rechargeable), comprising an
17 electrode A or B used to form lithium/LiCoO2 cells and an electrolyte
18 composed of 80% methyl formate (52 ppm water), 20% dimethyl carbonate
19 (697 ppm water), 2.0M LiAsF6, and 0.4M LiBF4. (Col. 10: 25 to col.
20 11:40.) The electrode is said to be a composite electrode of aluminum
21 screen encapsulated in a matrix composition formed of a mixture of high
22 density, ultra-high weight average molecular weight (5,000,000)
23 polyethylene, high density polyethylene having a weight average molecular
24 weight of 250,000, graphite, carbon black, and lithiated cobalt oxide. (Col.
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