Appeal No. 95-2221 Application No. 07/994,072 (7) Whether the examiner correctly rejected claims 1-8 and 10-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Parker in view of Peoples, O'Connor, and Schwan; (8) Whether the examiner correctly rejected claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Parker in view of Peoples, O'Connor, Schwan, and Serafini; (9) Whether the examiner correctly rejected claims 19-22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Parker in view of Peoples, O'Connor, Schawn, and Adams; and (10) Whether the examiner correctly rejected claim 24 under 35 U.S.C. & 103 as unpatentable over Parker in view of People, O'Connor, Schawn, and Benedick. We cannot sustain any of the above rejections. OPINION With respect to rejection (1), the examiner asserts that the specification fails to provide written descriptive support for the amendatory language in appealed claim 1 regarding the negative limitation that solidification occurs "without molding under pressure, heat setting, or calendaring." We 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007