Appeal No. 94-3990
Application No. 08/038,033
compositions in order to recondition or touch up a surface
that received an original coating of the composition.
Accordingly, based on the admitted prior art and Brockman, we
fully concur with the examiner that it would have been obvious
for one of ordinary skill in the art to employ a conventional
"felt tip" type marking pen or similar structure as a
substitute for cotton balls, Q-tips, rags, or sponges and the
like to recondition or repair a conversion coating solution.
Appellant contends at page 3 of the Brief that "Brockman
discloses a tool for touching up paint or enamel." However,
the Brockman disclosure is not so limited. Brockman expressly
discloses that the reservoir of the dispenser is "for the
paint, enamel or other coating composition" (column 3, lines
65 and 66, emphasis added). Brockman also discloses that
"[t]he assembly includes replaceable cartridges for containing
the desired coating compositions" (column 4, lines 36 and 37),
thereby suggesting coating compositions other than paint and
enamel.
Appellant also urges at page 6 of the Brief a distinction
between the hazardous chromate conversion coating of the
present invention and ordinary paint. However, we note that
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