Appeal No. 2003-2157
Application No. 09/885,311
c) a secondary resin at least partially
compatibalizing [sic] said primary resin and said wax consisting of
a random copolymer, wherein the structure of said random copolymer
has at least one repeating structural unit compatible with at least
one distinct repeating structural unit of said primary resin and at
least one other repeating structural unit which is compatible with
a [sic, at] least one distinct repeating structural unit of said
wax release agent.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence in support of the rejections on appeal:
Crystal 4,027,048 May 31, 1977
Mahabadi et al. (Mahabadi) 5,364,724 Nov. 15, 1994
Katada et al. (Katada) 5,972,553 Oct. 26, 1999
Sato et al. (Sato) 5,985,501 Nov. 16, 1999
Claims 1, 3-8, 10, 12 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Crystal (Answer, page 4). Claims 1, 3-
8, 10, 12-18, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Crystal in view of Katada and Sato (Answer, page
5). Claims 11 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Crystal in view of Katada, Sato and Mahabadi
(Answer, page 6).2 We affirm all of the rejections on appeal
essentially for the reasons stated in the Answer and those reasons
set forth below.
2The final rejection of claims 1, 3-9, 11, 12, 14, 21 and 22
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Lin has been withdrawn by the
examiner (Answer, page 2, ¶(3)).
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