Appeal No. 95-3110
Application No. 08/183,058
claims 15 through 21 and 28 through 34 subsequent to the
examiner’s Answer. See Reply Brief, page 2.
According to appellants (Brief, page 7), claims 2 through
9 will stand or fall with the patentability of claim 1. 2
Therefore, for purposes of this appeal, we will focus on claim
1 which is reproduced below:
1. A polymeric film having an antistatic coating
thereon, said coating comprising an oleophilic polymeric film
forming binder in an organic solvent and at least one compound
of the formula
-+ + -
(R SO ) NR (CH CH O) (CH CH CH O) (CH ) N R (SO R )f 3 3 2 2 m 2 2 2 n 2 p 3 3 f
wherein each R is independently a highly fluorinated alkyl
f
group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms,
R is H or alkyl of 1 to 20 carbon atoms,3
m is 0 to 20, n is 0 to 20, m plus n is at least 2, and p is
1 to 8.
The sole reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Cavallo et al. (Cavallo) 4,975,363 Dec.
4, 1990
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over the disclosure of Cavallo.
We affirm.
2Appellants also state that other claims which are no
longer at issue, including canceled claims 10 through 14,
stand or fall with the patentability of claim 1. See Brief,
page 7.
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