Appeal No. 1998-2653
Application No. 08/656,681
A. applying to said gasket a curable silicone coating
composition comprising,
i a curable silicone resin
ii a catalyst
iii at least one lubricating filler not soluble in
the coating composition, and
iv optionally a solvent
and
B. curing the silicone coating composition.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Viksne 5,368,315 Nov. 29, 1994
Bilgrien 5,399,650 Mar. 21, 1995
Appealed claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first and second paragraphs. Claims 1-5 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Viksne. Also,
claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Viksne in view of Bilgrien, while claim 7
also stands rejected under § 103 as being unpatentable over
Viksne in view of Bilgrien and the admitted prior art.
Upon careful review of the opposing arguments presented
on appeal, we will not sustain the examiner's rejections.
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