Appeal No. 2006-0369 Παγε 11
Application No. 10/225,395
Valaitis with the EPDM of Urban for the radiation curing thereof
for reasons of economy and with the reasonable expectation of
success in obtaining a final product with desirable properties
via radiation curing of the EPDM of Urban. We agree.
Appellants argue that:
(1) there is no motivation to combine Urban and Valaitis;
(2) Urban teaches away from the use of a peroxide cross linking
agent with the EPDM for radiation curing thereof as taught by
Urban;
(3) Valaitis is drawn to a non-adhesive EPDM used as a roof
sheeting material and there is no suggestion and/or a reasonable
expectation of success that would lead a skilled artisan to
employ the cross-linking material of Valaitis in forming the EPDM
layer of Appellants.
We do not find those arguments persuasive for the reasons
set forth by the examiner at pages 16-20 of the answer and below.
Appellants assert that Valaitis is directed to a roof sheeting
material that employs an EPDM that does not appear to have
adhesive properties. In this regard, we are mindful that
appellants maintain that the lack of a requirement for a dusting
agent in Valaitis suggests a lack of adhesiveness of the EPDM
layers of Valaitis. However, that argument represents mere
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