Appeal No. 1996-2874 Application No. 08/027,849 Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Eleventh Ed., Sax et al., Van Nostrand Reinhold, p. 1146 (unknown publication date) (hereinafter referred to as “Sax”). Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, Vol. 11, A Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons, p. 186 (unknown publication date)(hereinafter referred to as “Wiley”). Makromolekulare Stoffe, Bartl et al., Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, 1987, the table contents (hereinafter referred to as “Bartl”). Laboratory Preparation for Macromolecular Chemistry, McCaffery, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970, page 71 (hereinafter referred to as “McCaffery”). Principles of Polymerization, Odian, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970, page 188 (hereinafter referred to as “Odian”). Advanced Organic Chemistry, March, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1977, pp. 215-216 (hereinafter referred to as “March”). The appealed claims stand rejected as follows: (1) Claims 2, 5 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by the disclosure of Fuchs; (2) Claims 3, 4, 7 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Fuchs and Hoefer; and (3) Claims 4, 5, 13 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the disclosure of Archer . 3 3As is apparent from the final Office action and the Answer, the examiner inadvertently has not repeated the final 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007