Appeal No. 1999-0426
Application No. 08/247,894
sealant of Jervis in the case of Koblitz and that the examiner has offered no motivation
“other than his unsupported conclusion that it would be obvious to do so.” (See brief at
page 8.) We agree with appellants that the examiner has not supported his conclusion that
it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
select sealants with the claimed properties. Therefore, we cannot sustain the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-4, 6, 8-10, and 16.
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