Appeal No. 2003-0566
Application No. 09/395,072
BACKGROUND section of the reference discusses the problem of
determining at what point such curable compositions are
sufficiently cured. Field states that "the discovery of the
present method permits establishing curing conditions which can
result in sufficient cure without either undercuring or
overcuring" (column 1, lines 29-31). Furthermore, under the
heading SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION, no limitation is placed upon
using the curable composition in the electronics industry. Also,
Field explicitly discloses that the present invention can be used
for UV curable compositions which make films and coatings, as
well as encapsulants in the electronics industry (column 22,
lines 36-40). Consequently, we are confident that one of
ordinary skill in the art would have understood that Field has
applicability to all uses of acrylate-containing curable
compositions where it is desirable to determine the point at
which the composition is cured by UV radiation.
As a final point, we note that appellants base no argument
upon objective evidence of nonobviousness, such as unexpected
results, which would serve to rebut the inference of obviousness
established by the applied prior art.
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