Appeal No. 95-3935 Application 08/162,995 rolling and folding of the sheathing material without cracking or crumbling of the matrix. The examiner argues that Webb’s statement that “[t]he composite coating 15 such as ‘Icote’, can be varied in any number of textures including smooth, rough, gravelled, sand blasted or trowelled and all made in a myriad of colors to suit the architectural design needs of the building to which the panel is attached” (col. 2, line 64 - col. 3, line 1) indicates that Icote was not meant by Webb to be the only material usable in his invention (answer, pages 4-5 and 7-8). This statement, the examiner further argues, would have provided one of ordinary skill in the art with motivation to optimize the proportions of the components of the coating to obtain the desired aesthetic features (answer, pages 4-5). Although Webb refers at the above-noted location to a coating “such as Icote”, Webb states that the coating is “a composite coating 15, (known as “Icote”)” (col. 2, lines 30-31) and that “[i]n the present invention, the exterior architectural surface features are provided in a coating known as ‘Icote’” (col. 3, lines 39-41). Thus, the reference taken as a whole indicates that the coating material used to make the wall panel system disclosed by Webb is Icote. Webb teaches in the portion quoted above that the texture and color of the coating can be varied, but Webb provides no teaching regarding making the coating flexible. The examiner argues that in view of the teaching by Brouessard, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to make Webb’s coated fibrous material flexible and waterproof (answer, page 5). Brouessard teaches that his resin drops fix the fibers 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007