Appeal No. 2004-0461
Application No. 09/532,371
rubber and said non-black rubber being cured, said phosphorescent
layer being substantially free of fluorescent material and
substantially free of rubber.
25. A tire comprising:
a sidewall component; said sidewall component
comprising a black rubber component and a non-black rubber
component, wherein at least a portion of said non-black rubber
component includes a phosphorescent layer thereon, wherein said
phosphorescent layer is a phosphorescent pigment or a blend
comprising a phosphorescent pigment and a carrier, or
combinations thereof, wherein said carrier is substantially free
of rubber, wherein said tire has been cured, and said
phosphorescent layer being substantially free of fluorescent
material.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Young 3,253,634 May 31, 1966
Kubota 3,607,498 Sep. 21, 1971
Pollard 3,844,810 Oct. 29, 1974
Santilli et al. (Santilli) 4,865,937 Sep. 12, 1989
Nguyen et al. (Nguyen) 5,374,377 Dec. 20, 1994
Smith et al. (Smith) 5,932,309 Aug. 03, 1999
Shimizu et al. (Shimizu) 6,162,539 Dec. 19, 2000
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 6,184,279 Feb. 06, 2001
Kanenari et al. (Kaneari) 6,431,236 Aug. 13, 2002
Fukumoto Hei 3-160039 Jul. 10, 1991
(Japanese Patent)
Majumdar et al. (Majumdar) 0,744,304 Nov. 27, 1996
(European Patent Application)
Rogal DE 19613801 Oct. 09, 1997
(German Patent Publication)
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a tire having a
phosphorescent glow-in-the-dark layer on its outer surface.
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