Appeal No. 1997-2376
Application 08/199,863
about 40.0 weight % of encapsulated water based on the total
of said composition; and
contacting the dispersion with polymer particles.
THE REFERENCES
Hyche et al. (Hyche) 4,880,470 Nov. 14, 1989
Sharma 5,204,022 Apr. 20, 1993
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 49, 50, 53 and 54 stand rejected as follows: under
the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting over claims 1-47 of Sharma, and under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 over Hyche.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellant and the examiner and agree with
appellant that the aforementioned rejections are not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse these rejections.
We need to address only claim 49, which is appellant’s
sole independent claim.
Obviousness-type double patenting rejection
Appellant’s claim 49 requires, inter alia, that the
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