Appeal No. 2001-0831 Application No. 08/765,079 embodied in appellant’s broadest claim other than the limitation requiring use of a saturated mono-ol as one of the three alcoholic reactants involved in preparation of appellant’s composition. Also, we are mindful that Takayama suggests using a saturated mono-ol as one of two alcoholic reactants to produce certain urethane compounds, and demonstrates (Table 3) that the inclusion of a saturated mono-ol is instrumental in avoiding generation of cracks when producing in-mold cured products. That being said, we agree with the appellant that the differences between the Meixner and Takayama compositions would appear to be significant, with respect to both the compositions themselves, e.g., powdery solid (Meixner) v. liquid resin (Takayama), and their respective processing characteristics, e.g., powder coating (Meixner) v. in-mold curing (Takayama). Given such differences, in order to establish a nexus between Meixner and Takayama, and thus a case for obviousness, the examiner would have to provide evidence or a sound technical explanation as to why those of ordinary skill in the art would find the suggestions of Takayama reasonably pertinent to the particular problems and conditions encountered in the field of 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007