Appeal No. 98-2743 Page 3
Application No. 08/504,100
compound. It would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention to
have added peptizer to the porous ink member of AAPA,
in light of the teachings of Muller, in order to
increase the flexibility of the porous ink member and
to facilitate mastication of the compound. Note that
the starting form of the nitrile rubber in the
process of manufacture thereof lends no patentable
weight to the final inking member produced. [Page
4.]
With respect to Rejection (1), the examiner takes
essentially the same position regarding the combined teachings
of AAPA and Muller, but further relies on Sonobe for a teaching
of using nitrile rubber in liquid form during the manufacture
of an ink transferring surface.
We will not sustain either of these rejections. We
initially note that the rejections are unclear as to whether
the examiner intends to substitute peptizer (and liquid nitrile
rubber in the case of Rejection (1)) for the volatile organic
solvent in AAPA in view of the teachings of Muller (and Sonobe
in the case of Rejection (1)), or whether the examiner simply
intends to additionally add these components to AAPA, while
still retaining the volatile organic solvent. In either case,
we will not support the examiner's position.
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