Appeal No. 2006-1262
Application No. 10/013,543
with the hydroxy or carboxy functional groups in the acrylic
main chain.
On pages 6 and 7 of the Answer, the examiner reiterates
that Kazuhiro (and also Winslow) each disclose a polymer
backbone, or main chain, obtained by copolymerizing
ethylenically unsaturated monomers, including ethylenically
unsaturated monomers having functional groups that are
subsequently reacted with a second monomer containing a co-
reactive functional group and an ethylenically unsaturated end
group to provide pendent groups having a terminal ethylenically
unsaturated double bond. The examiner states that the monomers
disclosed are the same as those disclosed by appellants on pages
12 and 13 of the specification. The examiner also states that
although Kazuhiro and Winslow each do not specifically state
that each side chain has a chain length of 6 or more atoms, "the
monomers specifically taught for providing the pendent groups
would each provide chain lengths of 6 or more." The examiner
states that each specifically disclosed representative co-
reactive monomer contains a reactive functional group and only
one terminal carbon-carbon double bond and refers to Kazuhiro at
paragraph 0015 and Winslow at polymers Type 1 and 2. The
examiner states that the monomers taught by Kazuhiro correspond
to those taught by appellants on pages 15 and 16 of the
specification, and the monomers taught by Winslow correspond to
those taught by appellants on pages 15 through 18 of the
specification. The examiner states that Winslow teaches
providing the polymers having side chains by copolymerizing a
monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond that is polymerized
to form the main chain and a second carbon-carbon double bond
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