Appeal No. 2000-10297
Application No. 08/867,617
chlorinating a surface of said rubber body,
pressing said chlorinated surface against said epoxy resin
coated surface,
and
heating said rubber body and said epoxy resin coated
surface to a bond-forming temperature and maintaining said
pressure and temperature for a time sufficient to form said
bond.
The prior art set forth below is relied upon by the
Examiner
as evidence of obviousness:
Tibenham 2,657,162 Oct. 27, 1953
Campbell 3,586,568 June 22, 1971
Huber et al. (Huber) 3,802,989 Apr. 9, 1974
Kei et al. (Kei) 4,889,578 Dec. 26, 1989
The admitted prior art described on pages 2 and 3 of the subject
specification.
Claim 1 stands rejected under the 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Huber in view of the admitted prior art.
Claims 2-7 stand rejected under the 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being
unpatentable over Campbell in view of the admitted prior art and
further in view of either Kei or Tibenham.
We refer to the brief and reply brief and to the answer for
a complete discussion of the opposing viewpoints expressed by
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