Appeal No. 1999-1143
Application No. 08/735,925
(d) solidifying said silicone elastomeric material,
wherein said thin adherent metal film has a thickness
effective to bond said substrate surface to said polymeric
adhesive.
The references relied upon by the examiner in the
rejections before us are:
Benko 4,446,197 May 1, 1984
Obayashi et al. (Obayashi) 4,749,625 Jun. 7, 1988
Yoshikawa et al. (Yoshikawa) 4,872,932 Oct. 10, 1989
Claims 22, 23, 26-28 and 31-34 are rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by or in the alternative under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Obayashi.
Claim 27 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Obayashi in view of Yoshikawa or Benko, and
claim 29 is similarly rejected as being unpatentable over
Obayashi in view of Benko.
We refer to the brief and reply brief and to the answer
for a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed
by the appellants and by the examiner concerning the above
noted rejections.
OPINION
We cannot sustain any of these rejections.
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