Appeal No. 1996-3729
Application No. 08/253,839
facie case of obviousness which is not outweighed by evidence
relied upon by appellants. Accordingly, we shall affirm the
rejection at issue.
As noted by the examiner, Saito discloses polyamide
compositions inclusive of appellants' claimed formulation.
Thus, the polyamide resin in the Saito composition may include
a polyphthalamide. Additionally, the Saito composition
contains a modified block copolymer. Appellants acknowledge
in their Brief (page 6) that the modified block copolymer
component of Saito is inclusive of appellants' succinic
anhydride-functionalized block copolymer. Also, Saito
contemplates inclusion of other components and, in particular,
fillers and reinforcement materials (column 7, lines 61-65).
We have little doubt that those of ordinary skill in the art
would have found it prima facie obvious to include glass or
carbon fibers in the Saito composition, as recited in
appellants' claims, inasmuch as such fibers are conventionally
used in the art as fillers or reinforcing agents as evidenced
by Taubitz and Koch.
Appellants argue that they have supplied data to
demonstrate that addition of modified block copolymers to
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