Appeal No. 2003-1681
Application No. 09/320,780
of suitable polymeric polyanion compounds are polymers containing
repeating units which may be methacrylate esters. Column 5,
lines 18-22. Quintens also teaches that suitable hydrophobic
organic polymers may be homopolymers or copolymers made of
polymerizable monomers selected from alkyl acrylates, preferably
methyl methacrylate. Column 5, lines 64 - column 6, line 3.
According to the examiner, “[t]he polythiophenes disclosed
by Quintens ‘613 are considered to be electrically conductive
polymers. . . . [T]he polymeric polyanion compounds and/or the
dispersion of hydrophobic polymer can be considered as the
binder.” Final rejection, page 3, first paragraph. The examiner
further notes that Quintens’ coating composition may contain
matting agents and/or friction lowering substances such as
colloidal silica. Id., paragraph bridging pages 2-3 (referencing
Quintens, column 6, lines 57-60).
Otsuka discloses a radically polymerizable composition
comprising an electrically conductive polymer and a radical
polymerizable compound which are suitable for use as an
electrostatic charge accumulation-preventing (antistatic)
material. Id., third paragraph. The examiner views
Otsuka’s radical polymerizable compound as equivalent to the
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