Appeal No. 95-4147
Application 08/151,454
states that “Pointon discloses a transfer sheet comprising a
substrate layer coated with a silicone release coating (lines
43-46, col. 12)” (Answer, page 4). However, Pointon actually
discloses that “[t]he release property may be a natural
characteristic of the carrier material or it may be imparted
to the carrier by impregnating or coating the carrier with
release material such as silicone...” (Column 12, lines 43-
46). Therefore Pointon discloses that the silicone release
layer is coated over the carrier layer while the transfer
sheet of appealed claim 1 requires “a carrier layer disposed
over said polymer release [silicone] layer”. Pointon also
fails to disclose any substrate layer. These deficiencies in
the disclosure of Pointon have not been addressed by the
examiner.
The examiner’s rejection may also be interpreted as
equating the “carrier layer” of Pointon with the “substrate
layer” of appealed claim 1 (see the Answer, page 4, citing
Pointon, column 12, lines 43-46). Although this
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