Appeal No. 1999-1186
Application 08/440,366
acrylate copolymer and an ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A transparent film having a peel test strength of at
least 8N/cm, comprising a uniform blend of components (a) and
(b), wherein (a) comprises an ethylene butyl acrylate copolymer
(EBAC) having about 8 to 36% by weight of acrylate groups; and
wherein (b) comprises an ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer
(EMAC), having about 8 to 42% by weight of acrylate groups; and
wherein the uniform blend of components (a) and (b) contains less
than about 95%, by weight, of component (a) and greater than
about 5%, by weight, of component (b).
THE REFERENCES
Gulf Res. & Dev. Co. (Batchelor) 1,154,620 Jun. 11, 19691
(Great Britain patent specification)
Latiolais et al. (Latiolais) WO 93/06137 Apr. 1, 1993
(PCT application)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-9 and 13-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Batchelor taken with official notice, and
over Batchelor taken with official notice and Latiolais.2,3
The examiner and the appellants refer to this reference as
Batchelor. For consistency, we likewise do so.
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