Appeal No. 1998-2280
Application No. 08/514,677
wherein:
W represents -O-, -N-, or -S-;
X represents CH - or phenyl;
3
Y represents a ketone, ester, or amide functionality;
Z represents a polyfunctional organic segment which does not
contain hydrogen atoms that are more photoabstractable than
the hydrogen atoms of the elastomeric polymer;
m represents an integer of from 0 to 6;
a represents 0 or 1; and
n represents an integer of 2 or greater. (Column 4, lines 3-
28.)
Thus, the prior art composition differs from the
invention recited in appealed claim 1 in terms of the
radiation-activatable crosslinking agent. To account for this
difference, the examiner has taken the position that one of
ordinary skill in the art would have arrived at the here
claimed subject matter by selecting a crosslinking agent from
Everaerts’ formula such that the subscript “a” in “(W) ,” the
a
subscript “m” in “(CH ) ,” and the subscript “a” in “(Y) ,” are2 m a
1, 0, and 0, respectively. (Examiner’s answer, page 4.) In
5
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007