Appeal No. 1998-3101
Application 08/313,175
line 11 - page 8, line 32) and how the copolymers are used as
thickeners or dispersants (page 8, line 33 - page 10, line 2),
and does not address the appellants’ thirty-six examples.
Hence, we reverse the examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
In order for a claimed invention to be anticipated under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b), all of the elements of the claim must be
found in one reference. See Scripps Clinic & Research Found.
v. Genentech Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 1576, 18 USPQ2d 1001, 1010
(Fed. Cir. 1991).
The examiner argues that “[i]nterpolymers containing
monomers A), B), etc. have been disclosed by Snow, see
column 2, line 50: [sic] column 3, line 33; column 6, line 37,
etc.” (answer, page 4). This is not an explanation of where
each element of the claims is found in Snow. Consequently, we
reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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