Appeal No. 1996-1716
Application No. 08/344,532
ordinary usage, we find that “major amount” means an amount
that is “greater in number, quantity, or extent.”5
All of the examples in the originally filed disclosure
(see pages 18-22 and 24-28) show the epoxy resin component in
an amount that is greater than any other component (either in
parts, weight %, or volume %). Accordingly, we determine that
this originally filed disclosure conveys with reasonable
clarity to those of ordinary skill in the art that appellant,
as of the filing date, was in possession of the invention as
now claimed, i.e., that the epoxy resin component was present
in the adhesive composition in a “major amount.”
For the foregoing reasons, the rejection of claims 1-4
and 7 under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is
reversed.
B. The Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103
As admitted by the examiner, the primary references
(Koleske, Blount, and Tominaga) do not recite the particular
alkyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid reactant that forms the
polyester of appealed claim 1 (Answer, page 4, see the Brief,
See Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, p.5
1363, G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1971.
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