Appeal No. 1998-0215
Application No. 08/052,671
glycol thermoplastic resin, said resin being bonded to
the fiberglass strands and being present in amounts
operable to bond overlapping knuckles of the woven
fiberglass together, and to prevent significant fraying
of cut edges of said sheet or tape, and to form a
remeltable and resolidifiable bondable thermoplastic
surface on the cloth.
PRIOR ART
In support of her rejections, the examiner relies on the
following prior art references : 1
Pedlow 4,018,962 Apr. 19,
1977
Wade, Jr. et al. (Wade) 4,761,520 Aug. 2,
1988
Mater et al. (Mater) 5,118,558 Jun. 2,
1992
Yoshimi et al. (Yoshimi ) 63-7602 2 Jan. 13, 1988
(published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
REJECTION
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:3
1Our reference to the published Kokai Japanese
application is to the corresponding English translation of
record.
2The examiner refers to it as “Nihon Radiator” at page 2
of the Answer.
3The examiner has withdrawn § 112 rejections set forth in
the final Office action dated March 3, 1994 (Paper No. 6) and
the first Supplemental Examiner’s Answer dated August 8, 1996
(Paper No. 16), respectively. See page 2 of the Answer dated
September 18, 1995 (Paper No. 13) and page 1 of the second
Supplemental Examiner’s Answer dated July 8, 1997 (Paper No.
4
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