Appeal No. 1999-1066
Application No. 08/756,440
and at least one silicon-containing polyimide precursor wherein,
upon exposure of the composition to light, the acid generating
compound generates acid, which causes a silane at the end of at
least one polyimide precursor to undergo a siloxane condensation
reaction and a subsequent intermolecular cross-linking reaction
with another silane. This appealed subject matter is adequately
represented by independent claim 21, a copy of which taken from
the appellants’ brief is attached hereto.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness:
Kunimune et al. (Kunimune ‘238) 4,656,238 Apr. 7, 1987
Shoji et al. (Shoji) 4,748,228 May 31, 1988
Kunimune et al. (Kunimune ‘806) 4,818,806 Apr. 4, 1989
Aoai et al. (Aoai) 4,904,563 Feb. 27, 1990
Katou et al. (Katou) 5,342,739 Aug. 30, 1994
(effective filing date Sep. 3, 1992)
Kunimune et al. (Kunimune ‘024) 5,442,024 Aug. 15, 1995
(filed Apr. 26, 1994)
Hayase et al. (Hayase)(JP)1 4-120171 Apr. 21, 1992
All of the appealed claims are rejected under the first
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as containing subject matter which
was not described in the specification in such a way as to
1 Our understanding of this reference is gleaned from the
English translation thereof which is of record. Further, our
referrals in this opinion to specific portions of the Hayase
reference are with respect to the translation.
2
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