Appeal No. 2006-0369 Παγε 19
Application No. 10/225,395
case as to why one of ordinary skill in the art would have been
discouraged to use a peroxide cross-linking agent with the
radiation curable EPDM carrying substrate of Urban for reasons
advanced above and in the answer. While Yokono does teach using
a sulfur curing agent, that teaching does not detract from the
teaching of using a radiation curable EPDM as set forth in Urban
and/or using an epoxide cross-linking agent as suggested by
Valaitis in Urban. Nor have appellants established how the
teaching of sulfur curing in Yokono detracts from or discourages
the use of a radiation curable substrate in Urban given the
teachings of Urban and Valaitis concerning radiation induced
cross-linking of EPDM.
It follows that, on this record, we affirm the examiner’s
obviousness rejection of claims 4, 9, 14, 16-23, 25, 26, 29 and
31-33 over Urban taken with Valaitis and Yokono.
Concerning the examiner’s § 103(a) rejection of claims 10,
34, 36 and 38-42 over Urban in view of Valaitis, Yokono, and
article and is not so limited as to exclude an article that can
be cured via irradiation.
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