Appeal No. 2002-1698
Application No. 09/401,691
polymer-forming active sites that can be joined by
electrochemical polymerization and third and fourth polymer-
forming active sites that can be joined chemically in solution,
said first precursor polymer being soluble in a first solvent
whereas a polymer formed by electrochemical polymerization of
said first and second polymer-forming active sites is insoluble
in said first solvent, wherein said first precursor polymer
comprises said monomers joined by said third and fourth polymer-
forming active sites, said first polymer comprising at least two
of said first precursor polymers linked by said first and second
polymer-forming active sites on monomers in those first precursor
polymers.
The references relied upon by the examiner in the section
102 and section 103 rejections before us are:
Leising et al. (Leising) 5,949,188 Sep. 7, 1999
Andersson et al. (Andersson) 6,117,567 Sep. 12, 2000
(filed May 16, 1995)
Claims 12 and 13 stand rejected under the second paragraph
of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellants regard
as their invention.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Leising.
Finally, claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Leising in view of Andersson.
We refer to the brief and reply brief and to the answer for
a complete exposition of the contrary viewpoints expressed by the
appellants and by the examiner concerning the above noted
rejections.
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