Appeal No. 1998-2203
Application 08/428,497
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a process for producing a polyimide
paper by making a poly(amic acid) paper from a poly(amic acid)
fibrid and then imidizing the paper. Claim 15 is illustrative
and is appended to this decision.
THE REFERENCES
Morgan 2,999,788 Sep. 12, 1961
Sander et al. (Sander ‘058) 4,091,058 May 23, 1978
Sander et al. (Sander ‘640) 4,098,640 Jul. 4, 1978
Vaughan 1,207,485 Oct. 7, 1970
(British patent specification)
Teijin Limited (FR ‘004) 2,179,004 Nov. 16, 19731
(French patent application)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 15-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows: over Vaughan in view of FR ‘004 and either Sander
‘640 or Sander ‘058, and over Morgan in view of Vaughan and FR
‘004.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections. We need to
1Citations herein to this reference are to an English
translation thereof, a copy of which is provided to the
appellants with this decision.
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