Appeal No. 2003-1251
Application 09/226,128
consistent with appellants' definition of thermosetting attached
from the Condensed Chemical Dictionary as a part of the reply
brief as it relates to cross-linking the reactions of polymers
and the fact that alkyds are usually considered to be
thermosetting. We also confirm our observations from Harper's
Handbook of Plastics, Elastomers and Composites, Second Edition,
page 9.78 (1992). Table 9.32 on page 9.78 indicates that
cyanoacrylates are thermosetting adhesives which are curable at
room temperature. These pages of the noted dictionary and
handbook are cited by us to further substantiate facts already in
the evidentiary record made by the examiner and appellants. As
such, they are not considered a basis for a new ground of
rejection but are considered standard reference works in the art.
See In re Boon, 439 F.2d 724, 727, 169 USPQ 231, 234 (CCPA 1971).
Notwithstanding these considerations, the teachings in the
paragraph at the bottom of column 4 outlined by the examiner in
Cloutier (see lines 44-54) indicates that after the image pattern
20 has been placed upon the substrate material in Figure 2 of
Cloutier, the resulting combination is run through pinch roller
assembly 43 that is heated by infrared heat lamp 41. "The
temperature and pressure levels described above enable the
adhesive in the ink to securing engage and affix the portions
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