Appeal 1997-2572
Application 08/220,562
5. Claims 9-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
over Okinoshima and European Patent Application (EPA)
0 538 075 A1 (published 21 April 1993).
6. Claim 2 stands rejected as being unpatentable
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Okinoshima and Nakashima, U.S.
Patent 5,262,505 (1993).
7. The record is somewhat unclear as to the status
of remaining claims 14-18, although some of these claims are
mentioned in passing in the Examiner's Answer. We assume that
claims 14-18 have also been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
based one way or another on Okinoshima.
8. At one time these claims, along with other
claims, were rejected as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 over prior art, including EPA. See page 1 of the Final
Rejection (Paper 5), where it is indicated that claims 1-22
are rejected.
Okinoshima
9. Okinoshima describes polyamic solutions
containing
(I) an organic solvent and
(II) a polyamic acid made by reacting:
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