Appeal No. 1995-1539
Application No. 07/950,388
Kvakovszky et al. (Kvakovszky) 0,486 267 A1 May 20, 1992
(Published European Patent Application)
Pine et al. (Pine), Organic Chemistry, Fourth Ed., McGraw-Hill
Book Company, pp. 314-322 and 712-715 (1980).
Appellant’s admission regarding utility of substituted styrene
monomers at pages 1 and 2 of the specification (admitted prior
art).
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1, 2, 4 and 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as indefinite for failing to particularly point out
and distinctly claim the subject matter which appellant
regards as the invention (Answer, page 3, together with the
Office action dated Feb. 1, 1993, page 3);
(2) Claims 1, 2 and 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by
the disclosure of Nader (first Supplemental Answer, page 2);
(3) Claims 1 and 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by
the disclosure of Kvakovszky (first Supplemental Answer, page
3);
(4) Claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Nader, Kvakovszky, Pine and the
admitted prior art (first Supplemental Answer, page 3); and
(5) Claims 1, 2, 4 and 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined teachings of Pine and the
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