Appeal No. 1998-2653
Application No. 08/656,681
reference also discloses that the saturant may be any silicone
composition in which the fluorocarbon is dispersed, and the
reference exemplifies silicone fluids which penetrate and are
absorbed by the porous resilient material. Accordingly, based
on the disclosure of Viksne, including Figure 2 which depicts
a gasket coating wherein the surface layer comprises only
polymeric fluorocarbon, we concur with appellant that Viksne
does not teach or suggest the claimed application of a curable
silicone resin.
The secondary references applied by the examiner for
various dependent claims and independent claim 7, including
the admitted prior art, do not alleviate the deficiencies of
Viksne discussed above.
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