Appeal No. 1999-2410 2
Application No. 08/664,462
THE CLAIM
Claim 1 is illustrative of appellant’s invention and is reproduced below:
1. A pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising a substrate, a cured primer
composition coated onto said substrate in the form of a primer layer, and a pressure
sensitive adhesive layer coated onto said cured primer composition,
said cured primer composition comprising a cross-linked phenyl-substituted
siloxane gum,
said pressure sensitive adhesive layer comprising a high molecular weight
phenyl-substituted, silanol-functional organosiloxane polymer and a silanol-functional
resin, said adhesive layer being at least partially cross-linked to said primer layer and
securely anchored to said substrate.
THE REFERENCE OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following reference:
Merrill, “Silicone PSA’s: Types, Properties, and Uses,” Adhesives Age, pages unnumbered
(Waterford, NY, Gen. Elec. Co., Mar. 1979).
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Merrill.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by the appellant and the
examiner, and agree with the appellant for the reasons set forth in the Brief and below that
the rejection of claims 1through 22 are not well founded. Accordingly, we reverse the
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