Appeal No. 2001-1879
Application No. 08/919,448
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed to a coated steel
workpiece, in general, and a telescopic boom, in particular. The
workpiece is coated with a composition comprising epoxy and
urethane prepolymers, a monomer or prepolymer having an active
group which effects grafting to the steel, a catalytic initiator
and a peroxide.
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows:
(1) Claims 8 and 13 over Horowitz ‘955 in view of Horowitz
‘811;
(2) Claims 8, 13, 15 and 16 over Horowitz ‘811 in view of
Horowitz ‘955;
(3) Claims 10 and 11 over Ferch in view of Horowitz ‘955 and
Horowitz ‘811;
(4) Claims 10-12 over Hockensmith in view of Horowitz ‘955
and Horowitz ‘811; and
(5) Claims 15 and 16 over Horowitz ‘955 in view of Horowitz
‘811 and the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
Claims 10-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph. Also, claims 15 and 16 stand objected to under 37 CFR
§ 1.175(c).
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