Appeal No. 2004-0606
Application 09/781,730
reconsideration of our decision only as to claim 35. That claim
reads: “The method of claim 23,[1] wherein the thermosetting resin
includes solvent.”
The appellants argue (request, page 2) that the board, in
response to the appellants’ argument that “[s]aid chemical change
[curing] can effectuate said drying regardless of whether or not
the resin includes a solvent” (reply brief, page 6), incorrectly
stated that “[t]he appellants argue that curing can dry a
solventless resin” (decision, page 8). The appellants state that
their argument was “that it is not inherent that a liquid resin
has solvent, and that it is thus not inherent for the resin that
is dry after being cured to include a solvent prior to being
cured” (request, page 2). The appellants state: “Drying is a
physical process caused by the addition of heat. Curing is a
chemical process effectuated by cross linking which increases the
molecular weight of the substance being cured. Curing and drying
are independent processes and curing does not cause drying.”
See id.
1 Claim 23 is set forth in our decision (page 2).
2
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