Appeal No. 1998-2134
Application No. 08/585,217
specification, which
is not limited to specifically described compositions, lists
potentially thousands or millions of compositions embraced by
the
appealed claims. See pages 5-12. The examiner’s finding at
page 16 of the Answer regarding the effect of different
percentages of the monomers in elastomeric block copolymers
and appellant’s own argument and evidence regarding the
unpredictable nature of elastomeric block copolymers in a
photocurable composition demonstrate that the showing
applicable to a few compositions cannot be extended to the
thousands or millions of compositions covered by the appealed
claims.
Under these circumstances, we agree with the examiner
that the evidence of obviousness, on balance, outweighs the
evidence of nonobviousness proffered by appellant.
Accordingly, we affirm the examiner’s decision rejecting all
of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the applied
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