Appeal No. 95-3875
Application 08/049,613
THE INVENTION
Appellant claims a method for making an antimicrobial glove wherein, after a
natural rubber latex has been formed into a glove but before the latex is cured, the
latex is dipped into a solution of an antimicrobial agent such that an effective amount of
the antimicrobial agent is incorporated throughout the latex. Claim 1 is illustrative and
reads as follows:
1. A method for the manufacture of an antimicrobial rubber article formed from
a natural rubber latex which method comprises incorporating an effective amount of an
antimicrobial agent, throughout the natural rubber latex after the article has been
shaped or formed but before the article has been cured by dipping a glove shape of
uncured natural rubber latex into a solution of an antimicrobial agent.
THE REFERENCES
Stephenson 3,987,797 Oct. 26, 1976
Mochizuki et al. (Mochizuki) 4,675,347 Jun. 23, 1987
Stockum 4,853,978 Aug. 8, 1989
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 2, 4-7, 18 and 20-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Stockum in view of Stephenson and Mochizuki.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by appellant and
the examiner and agree with appellant that the aforementioned rejection is not well
founded. Accordingly, this rejection will be reversed.
Stockum discloses a method for making an antimicrobial rubber medical glove
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