Appeal No. 2004-1372
Application No. 09/577,551
be supported by the appellants in the “Background of the Invention”
section of the specification.
Moreover, we find that both Davey and Miyamoto, like the
appellants, are related to improving adhesion of printing ink
compositions to polymeric or plastic films. As is apparent from
the appellants’ discussions of ink compositions for plastic or
polymeric films at pages 1 through 4 of the specification, the
inventors interested in improving adhesion of ink compositions to
the polymeric or plastic backing of bandages would look to the
teachings of Davey and Miyamoto. Thus, we concur with the examiner
that Davey and Miyamoto are “reasonably pertinent to the particular
problem with which the inventor[s] [are] involved.”
In view of the foregoing, we affirm the examiner’s decision
rejecting the claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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