Appeal No. 1998-1005
Application No. 08/362,042
The subject matter on appeal relates to a food covered with
a film comprising at least one layer, wherein the layer includes
an ethylene polymer having the recited properties. According to
the present specification, the ethylene polymers having the
recited properties claims are made by a certain polymerization
process using particular metallocene catalysts and, when
converted into films, exhibit "not only excellent physical
properties, such as balanced tear resistance and higher dart
drop impact, but also...superior water vapor transmission rates
[WVTR]..." (Page 3, lines 13-17; page 4, lines 6-9; Figure I.)
In addition, it is said that the recited ethylene polymers are
characterized by narrower molecular weight distribution and
lower volatiles as compared to resins made from conventional
Ziegler-Natta catalysts. (Page 5, lines 9-13; page 12, line 31
to page 13, line 10.) Further details of this appealed subject
matter are recited in illustrative claims 1 and 10 reproduced
below:
1. A food covered with a film said film
comprising at least one layer, said film including an
ethylene polymer, said ethylene polymer having a
indicating whether the proposed amendment was entered, we note
that the examiner agrees with the appellant's statements
regarding the status of the claims and status of amendments
after final rejection. (Appeal brief, p. 1; examiner's answer,
p. 2.) It is clear, therefore, that the examiner has entered
the proposed amendment.
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