Appeal 2006-2197
Application 10/068,824
Tomizawa reference for describing the particular properties of acetoacetylated
polyvinyl alcohols. More specifically, the Examiner recognizes that Tomizawa
and the present invention use the same class of commercially available
acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol (Answer 8). The Examiner concludes that the
acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohols described in Tomizawa must possess the
properties of the rejected claims. Appellant in the Brief has not challenged the
Examiner’s position that the acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol disclosed in
Tomizawa possesses the properties of the rejected claims. Rather, Appellant
argues that Tomizawa, like Kawano, fails to teach disclose or suggest laminate
adhesion (Br. 21). Appellant further argues that Tomizawa does not disclose a
laminate structure (Br. 21).
Appellant’s arguments are not persuasive because Tomizawa, like Kawano,
is directed to ink recording sheets. Kawano discloses the suitability of using
acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol in ink jet recording sheets. A person of ordinary
skill in the art would reasonably expect that the acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol
disclosed in Tomizawa would have also been suitable for use in the inkjet
recording sheets disclosed in Kawano. Appellant has not established that the
acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol which has the properties described in claims 4
and 6 provide unexpected results in ink recording sheets. Appellant’s arguments
regarding laminate adhesion presented on page 22 of the Brief have been
considered and are not persuasive for the reasons set forth above in the discussion
of the Kawano reference.
Claims 1 and 15-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the
combined teachings of Kawano and Ueda. The Examiner cites the Ueda reference
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