Appeal No. 95-4387
Application 08/021,741
compositions taught in these references, we further conclude that one of ordinary skill in this art
would not have considered the teachings of Coran et al. with respect to the adhesive resin
compositions of Ohmae et al. for two reasons. First, Ohmae et al. discloses that at least one of
the functional groups of component (B) can be an epoxy group, which functional group is not
disclosed in Coran et al. And, second, where the functional group of component (B) of Ohmae et
al. is a carboxylic acid group, there is no indication in Ohmae at al. that the carboxylic acid groups
are neutralized to any extent while they are completely neutralized in Coran et al. We also
conclude that one of ordinary skill in the art would not have found the requisite motivation to
adjust the amount of thermoplastic resin which may be present in the adhesive compositions of
Ohmae et al. in the teachings of EP =139 because we find that, unlike Ohmae et al. and Coran et
al., this reference does not disclose the use of a thermoplastic polyester resin in the crosslinkable
polymer compositions taught therein (e.g., page 2, lines 20-30).
Accordingly, in view of the differences in the teachings of the applied references, we
conclude that the combination of references would not have reasonably suggested the claimed
invention to one of ordinary skill in this art. In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591, 18 USPQ2d 1089,
1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425, 208 USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
The examiner=s decision is reversed.
Reversed
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