Appeal No. 2001-2559
Application No. 09/276,722
In light of the foregoing, the standing rejection of claims
13-15, 17, 18 and 21 is not sustainable.
Remand
This case is remanded to the examiner for consideration of
the patentability of the appealed claims in light of the
teachings of JP ‘046 and JP ‘613 as set forth and explained in
the attached translations thereof.
With respect to JP ‘046, we particularly note the disclosure
at page 14, lines 11-13, of the translation that “silver, nickel,
copper, etc.” (emphasis added) may be used as the filler material
in conjunction with the nylon 6 or nylon 66 based material of JP
‘046. This disclosure appears to suggest that metals other than
silver, nickel, and copper may be appropriate for the purposes of
JP ‘046. We also note the disclosure at page 20 of the
translation to the effect that fishing nets may be constructed in
their entirety of the synthetic resin composition of JP ‘046.
With respect to JP ‘613, we particularly note the disclosure
at page 3, line 21, through page 4, line 21, that zinc may be
used as a filler material in conjunction with a conventional
polyolefin base material. We also note that this portion of JP
‘613 indicates that when compositions having 40 wt% or greater
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