Appeal No. 2006-0994
Application No. 09/898,969
finds that Ragland refers to De Santis for the disclosure of the specific composition of
the primer layer, and De Santis teaches that the primer layer is made from a silane
modified elastomer solution (id.). From these findings, the examiner concludes that it
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in this art at the time of appellant’s
invention to employ the primer layer taught by Ragland and De Santis as the primer
layer of Everaerts motivated by the desire to provide the adhesive tape with long-term
bond strength (Answer, page 5). We agree.
41.37(c)(vii)(2004).
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