Appeal No. 1997-1069
Application No. 08/234,959
be less susceptible to gel and speck formation. See the
Brief,
page 2 and the specification, page 9, line 32 to page 10, line
30.
As evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject matter
under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the examiner relies on the disclosure
of Furrer. Appellants do not dispute that Furrer describes a
polyolefin grafting process corresponding to the claimed
process, except for the claimed carrier polymer. Compare the
Answer, pages 3-6, with the Brief and Reply Brief in their
entirety. As found by the examiner (the Answer, page 3),
Furrer describes using a carrier polymer in its polyolefin
grafting process. See, e.g., column 4, lines 20-40. Furrer
teaches that the carrier polymer can be chosen from various
high and low density polyethylene and polypropylenes, ethylene
vinyl acetate copolymers, high and low density polyethylenes,
linear low density polyethylenes, homopolymers of an alpha-
olefin having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and copolymers of two alpha-
olefins. See column 4, lines 43-48 and column 5, lines 1-2
and 16-20.
The examiner recognizes that Furrer does not state that
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