Appeal No. 1997-0218
Application No. 08/182,757
If the knowledge is of such notorious character that
official notice can be taken, it is sufficient so to
state. . . . If the applicant traverses such an
assertion the examiner should cite a reference in
support of his or her position.
(2) Upon return of this application to the jurisdiction
of the examiner, the examiner is to indicate whether the
rejection of claims 50, 51 and 66 will be maintained or
withdrawn in view of appellants' traverse. In the event that
the rejection is maintained, the examiner is to specify
whether the conclusion of obviousness is based on facts within
the personal knowledge of the examiner or facts of which the
examiner has taken official notice and respond to appellants'
traverse in the appropriate manner, i.e., by affidavit or
citation to a reference(s), respectively.
E. Claims 77 and 78
Claim 77 is directed to a laminated glazing unit
comprising a plasticized polyvinyl chloride film and a layer
of an ultraviolet radiation absorbing material disposed
between two glass sheets. Claim 78 further specifies that the
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