Appeal No. 2005-0581 Application No. 10/228,124 the art to incorporate proline, or other conventional ink drying agents, in the coating composition of Miyabe. We find no teaching in either of the applied references, and appellant has pointed to none, that drying agents such as proline would be unsuitable for the coating layer of Miyabe. Appellant maintains that "Miyabe is directed to synthetic papers, and that the reference teaches at column 2, lines 4 to 35, that coatings suitable for real papers are not necessarily suitable for use with synthetic papers" (page 12 of principal brief, penultimate paragraph). Appellant urges, therefore, that claim 9, which defines the substrate as paper, is particularly allowable. However, this argument does not speak to the obviousness of using a known ink drying agent disclosed by Isganitis in the coating layer of Miyabe. As stated by the examiner, "[t]here is no teaching in Miyabe that the coating of the reference is unsuitable for use on cellulosic paper supports" (page 7 of Answer, first paragraph). Also, we agree with the examiner that the broadly recited "paper" of claim 9 encompasses synthetic paper, particularly since appellant's specification refers to different types of materials as paper, including filled plastics for making "never-tear paper" (page 18 of specification, first paragraph). -4-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007