Appeal No. 1995-1703
Application 07/897,304
a specification which as originally filed does not support the
invention now claimed.
In rejecting claims 1, 2, 4 through 15 and 18 through 21
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as being based on a
specification which does not provide an adequate written
description of the claimed invention, the examiner explains
that
the specification fails to provide an adequate
written description of a thermoplastic having an
elongation value of at least 150% and an ability to
withstand impacts of at least 2ft/lbs at
temperatures below about -20EC. The materials
SANTOPRENE, KRATON, SARLINK, and VICHEM have not
been adequately described (see MPEP 608.01(v).
Since no thermoplastic material is adequately
described in the specification, the claims are not
supported by the specification [main answer, pages 5
and 6].
In connection with the first of these points, the examiner
adds that “not only must this material have an ability to
withstand impacts of at least 2ft/lbs at temperatures below
about -20EC, but, the material must also have an elongation
value of at least 150% at temperatures below about -20EC”
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