Appeal No. 1997-1498
Application No. 08/251,148
application.
According to appellant (Brief, page 2), “[t]he claims
stand or fall together.” Therefore, we select claim 1, the
broadest claim in this application, as the representative
claim upon which we will decide this appeal consistent with 37
CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and (c)(8) (1995). Claim 1 is reproduced
below:
1. A visually clear blend of thermoplastic polymers
comprising a polyetherimide and a polyester of (a) an acid
component comprising 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and (b)
a glycol component comprising at least one glycol selected
from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,3-trimethylene
glycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,7-
heptanediol, neopentyl glycol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and
diethylene glycol, wherein the amount of said 2,6-naphthalene
dicarboxylic acid in the acid component is greater than about
30 mol% when 1,4-cyclohexane-dimethanol is present in said
glycol component.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner
is:
Minnick 5,284,903 Feb. 8, 1994
(Filed Dec. 23, 1992)
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows : 2
2The examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 3
through 17 and 19 through 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, set forth in the final Office action and the
2
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