Appeal No. 1999-0984 4
Application No. 08/696,248
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
over Adams in view of McCarten, and/or Beucker and/or WO ‘16820.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by the appellants and the
examiner and agree with the appellants that the rejection of the claims under § 103(a) is
not well founded. Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.
Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
Adams is directed to a paper machine belt, spray coated on one or both sides with a
urethane coating which impregnates and seals the blanket. See column 1, lines 7-14. We
find that the urethane disclosed by Adams is a two component urethane resin. See column
1, lines 46-49. We find that the surface of the urethane base can be ground to a polished
finish and grooved to discharge water. See column 1, lines 54-60. We find that the
urethane resin is applied by a spray gun mounted over the traveling run of the blanket to
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