Appeal No. 1997-1299
Application 08/393,746
resin (C).[1]
THE REFERENCES
Epstein (Epstein ‘859) 4,172,859 Oct. 30,
1979
Epstein (Epstein ‘358) 4,174,358 Nov. 13,
1979
Hironari et al. (EP ‘280) 0 268 280 May 25,
1988
(European patent application)
THE REJECTION
Claims 2, 3 and 9-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over EP ‘280 in view of Epstein ‘859 and
Epstein ‘358.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejection is not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.
Claim 12, which is the only independent claim, requires
that at least one thermoplastic polyamide resin is partially
1 In this claim, it appears that “upstream” should read
“downstream”.
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