Appeal No. 2002-0701
Application 09/201,269
and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Puschak in view of
Campbell; and claim 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Tutt
or Cleary, in view of Campbell.
OPINION
We reverse the rejections of claims 1-22, 25, 27 and 28, and
affirm the rejections of claims 23, 24 and 26.5
Rejection of claims 1-7, 9-18, 25, 27 and 28
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) over Campbell
Campbell discloses a method for making a hyperbranched
polymer by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising at least one
monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one
multiethylenically unsaturated monomer (col. 3, lines 6-23).
Some of the exemplified polymers have polydispersities above 15,
i.e., 25.75, 62.3, 68.26, 105.6 and 107.4 (col. 9, lines 11
and 43; col. 12, lines 55-58). Campbell’s polymers “may be
readily employed to form effective coating compositions” (col. 8,
lines 43-44).
5 As stated in the remand mailed March 28, 2002 (paper
no. 20), the examiner’s comments on the merits in the
notification that the reply brief has been entered (office action
mailed February 22, 2002, paper no. 19) were improper. Hence, we
do not consider these comments or the appellant’s reply to them
(filed March 22, 2002, paper no. 21) in reaching our decision.
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