Appeal No. 2003-1038
Application No. 09/262,628
5, 6, 9, 11, and 24 through 27, which are the only other pending
claims, have been withdrawn from further consideration pursuant
to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) (1959).
The subject matter on appeal relates to an orthodontic
article comprising a “fluoroplastic.” Further details of this
appealed subject matter are recited in representative claims 1,
12, and 17 reproduced below:
1. An orthodontic article comprising a
fluoroplastic, said article exhibiting at least about
0.001% transmittance at 546 nm when measured according
to the Transmittance Test Procedure.[1,2]
12. A method for using an orthodontic bracket,
said method comprising:
contacting a fluoroplastic orthodontic bracket
having an average transmittance of at least 0.001%
when measured according to the Transmittance Test
Method with a composition comprising an organoborate
compound; and
adhering said bracket to a tooth.
[1] The term “fluoroplastic” is not mentioned anywhere in
the specification (including the claims) as originally filed,
but is explained in one of the references of record, namely Tony
Whelan, Polymer Technology Dictionary 161 (Chapman & Hall,
1993), as follows:
A plastic based on polymers made from monomers
containing one or more atoms of fluorine, or
copolymers of such monomers with other monomers, the
fluorine-containing monomer(s) being in greatest
amount by mass. See, for example, fluorinated
ethylene propylene copolymer and
polytetrafluoroethylene.
[2] The so-called “Transmittance Test Procedure” is
discussed in the specification starting at page 8, line 13.
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