Appeal No. 2002-2314
Application No. 09/213,671
Claims 48-55, 57, 59-68 and 70 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by, or alternatively under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being obvious over, Daude.
The remaining claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being obvious over various combinations of Daude and
Fuller, Wedger and the admitted prior art.
Finally, the appealed claims as rejected above under § 103 are
additionally rejected under this statute over the applied prior art
noted above and further in view of Horak.
We refer to the brief and to the answer for a complete
exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by the Appellant
and by the Examiner concerning the above noted rejections.
OPINION
We cannot sustain any of the rejections advanced by the
Examiner on this appeal.
The method of Daude bonds PVC to polyurethane via a
polymerized layer of polyurethane having free OH groups (e.g., see
the abstract and lines 25-32 in column 4). This layer is formed
from a composition of reactants including vinyl resins such as PVC
containing OH groups (id.). To facilitate the deposition and
formation of this layer, the composition is preferably applied
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