Appeal No. 2005-1787 2
Application No. 10/211,027
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A method of making a weatherable coated polymeric film, said method comprising the
steps of:
coating a first outer surface of a polymeric film with a UV-light curable composition
to form a polymeric film having one or more uncoated areas and one or more coated
areas; and
exposing the first coated outer surface to an effective amount of UV-light and curing
the UV-light curable composition, wherein the UV-light is substantially free of wavelengths
of about 230 nm to about 265 nm.
EVIDENCE
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner:
Cicci 4,836,102 Jun. 6, 1989
The literature relied upon by the appellant is:
Brochure entitled “Screen Graphics Focus on UV Curing,” Fusion Systems, Inc.,
pages 1-15, (Unknown publication date) (hereinafter referred to as “Exhibit A”).
REJECTION
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows1:
1) Claims 1, 14 and 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as anticipated by the disclosure of
Cicci; and
1 See the Brief, page 3 and the Answer, pages 3-4.
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