Appeal No. 2003-1007
Application No. 09/336,368
claim 21, the only independent claim on appeal, reproduced below:
21. A process for depositing a copolymer
material, comprising:
activating p-xylylene, or a derivative thereof,
and a comonomer having at least two carbon-carbon
double bonds and at least one Si-O bond, at a constant
RF power level from about 10W to about 80W;
condensing the p-xylylene and the comonomer on a
substrate; and
polymerizing a copolymer layer on the substrate,
wherein the copolymer layer comprises at least 1% by
weight of polymerized comonomer.
The examiner relies on the following prior art references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Spaulding 3,900,600 Aug. 19, 1975
Lee et al. 6,051,321 Apr. 18, 2000
(Lee) (filed Oct. 24, 1997)
Gomi 6,130,171 Oct. 10, 2000
(filed Nov. 17, 1998)
Claims 21, 22, and 24 through 26 on appeal stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as indefinite.
(Examiner’s answer mailed Jan. 8, 2003, paper 17, pages 4-6.)
Also, claims 21 and 24 through 26 on appeal stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Lee in view of Spaulding
or Gomi. (Id. at page 6.) Further, claim 22 on appeal stands
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Lee in
view of Gomi. (Id.)
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