Appeal No. 1999-2760
Application 08/773,304
by Harmer to provide better curing and adhesiveness. The
degree of concentration would have been [an] obvious
matter of design choice.
Since this rejection is applied to claims 18 to 28
collectively, and some of those claims (i.e., dependent claims
21 and 27) recite an acryloxy group-containing compound
specifically, it is not clear from the foregoing whether, with
regard to claim 23, it is the examiner’s position that, in
view of Harmer, (i) it would have been obvious to add a
photosensitizer to the binder of Engen, or (ii) it would have
been obvious to add an acryloxy group-containing compound to
the binder of Engen, together with a photosensitizer as a
curing agent for the compound.
In any event, we do not consider the rejection to be well
taken. Harmer discloses an adhesive (make coat precursor) for
securing abrasive grains to a support, the precursor
comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a
cationically polymerizable monomer or a polyurethane
precursor, and a curing agent (col. 8, lines 23 to 34). The
acryloxy group-containing compound noted by the examiner is 2
2 2,2-bis[1-(3-acryloxy-2-hydroxy)]-propoxyphenylpropane.
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