Appeal No. 95-4065
Application No. 07/872,185
main chain fixed onto a substrate surface by covalent -Si-
bonds, with this chain including siloxane bonds oriented
substantially vertically to the substrate surface (Brief, page
2). Claim 22 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal
and is reproduced below:
22. A chemically adsorbed film comprising a monomolecular
film having a siloxane based main chain fixed onto a substrate
surface by covalent - Si- bonds, wherein the siloxane based
main chain includes siloxane bonds oriented substantially
vertically to said substrate surface.
The examiner has relied upon the following reference to
support the rejection:2
Yundt 4,199,649 Apr. 22, 1980
Claims 8, 9 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, for the reasons set forth in paragraphs 15
and 16 of ... Paper No. 16.” (Answer, page 3). We reverse
this rejection for reasons which follow.
OPINION
2Contrary to the examiner’s statement on page 2 of the
Answer that "[n]o prior art are [sic, is] relied upon by the
examiner in the rejection of claims under appeal.", the
examiner relies upon Yundt on page 3 of the Answer "to show
formation of monomolecular polysiloxane loops".
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