Appeal No. 2000-1026
Application 08/979,759
weight of between about 200 and 600 and heating the coated
wood components to about 80 to 140EC for a time sufficient to
advance the resin to a B-stage. We also agree with the
appellants that these deficiencies of Whittemore are not
supplied by Morrison for a number of reasons.
First, while Morrison discloses B-stage curing
followed by full polymerization of the final C-stage (e.g.,
see lines 32-37 in column 7) in his production method, the
product in question constitutes a mass of glass fibers rather
than a consolidated wood product of the type here claimed and
of
the type disclosed by Whittemore. Given the disparate nature
of the respective products of Whittemore and Morrison, it is
questionable, at best, whether an artisan with ordinary skill
would have found in these reference teachings motivation based
on a reasonable expectation of success for the combination
proposed by
the examiner. In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903, 7 USPQ2d
1673, 1680-81 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (obviousness under § 103
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