Appeal No. 1998-1390
Application 08/607,441
and dispersibility when blended in the resin material for
producing a molded product. See the specification at page 8.
As evidence of the obviousness of the herein claimed
subject matter, the examiner relies on the disclosures in Nara
and Motegi. Nara, the examiner’s primary reference, contains
no disclosure of wood meal or wood meal products. What Nara
discloses are “powder-powder” systems described as “mother”
particles coated with smaller and harder “child” particles.
See column 2, lines 34-35 and column 6, lines 1-3. One of
many representative “mother” particles which may be utilized
by Nara is cellulose powder. See column 5, lines 47-55;
column 12, lines 36-59; and column 14, lines 49-68. Nara
includes the further broadening teaching that the “mother”
particles are not limited to the specific materials enumerated
and include “[c]omponents of various materials used in
industries such as chemical industries, electrical industries,
magnetic industries, and various other industries dealing with
cosmetics, paints, printing ink, toners, color material,
fiber, medicine, foods, rubber, plastics, ceramics and the
like.” See column 5, lines 63-68 (emphasis added).
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