Appeal No. 96-0971
Application 07/888,268
THE REFERENCE OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following reference of record.
Britain (Ciba-Geigy) 1,477,396 June 22, 1977
(Britain Patent Specification)
THE REJECTION
Claims 39 through 44, 46, and 48 through 53 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Ciba-Geigy.
OPINION
Appellants have not stated in their brief whether claims 39 through 44, 46 and 48 through 53
stand or fall together. Accordingly, we shall treat the claims as standing or falling together. We select
claim 39 as representative of appellants’ claimed subject matter and limit our discussion thereto. See 37
C.F.R. § 1.192 (c)(5)( 1994).
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by the appellants and the examiner
and agree with appellants that the aforementioned rejection is not well founded. Accordingly, we do
not sustain the rejection.
The claimed subject matter before us is drawn to a composition which provides for the
incorporation of a colorant, “while said resin is in a molten state.” However, there is no disclosure or
suggestion in Ciba-Geigy for incorporation of their anthraquinone dye in the molten state.
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