Appeal No. 95-3464
Application 08/075,857
Asanuma’s catalyst (col. 4, lines 58-62), like appellants’
catalyst (specification, page 12, line 15 page 13, line 2),
can be palladium or platinum, it appears that some
crosslinking can take place in Asanuma’s method. The
examiner’s argument is deficient, however, in that the
examiner has provided no evidence that any crosslinking which
would take place in Asanuma’s method is sufficient to have led
one of ordinary skill in the art to consider Topcik’s
pelletizing method to be desirable for preventing that amount
of crosslinking from taking place prematurely. Also, the
examiner has provided no evidence that Asanuma’s product can
be crosslinked to an extent which would have rendered Topcik’s
pelletizing method desirable to one of ordinary skill in the
art, and also have the activated Si-H bonds desired by Asanuma
for enhancing the adhesion and coatability properties of the
product (col. 4, lines 55-58).
The examiner argues that if crosslinking in the molding
machine is acceptable for making appellants’ products, then it
would be acceptable for the products of Asanuma (answer, page
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