Appeal 2006-2802
Application 10/640,367
(v), combinations of any of (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), and essentially,
immediately thereafter,
(III) spraying the solid substrate from (II) with a silicon-
containing material capable of reacting at or near the
solid substrate surface selected from the group consisting
of: a. materials containing multi-silanol groups,
b. siliconates,
c. silicates, and,
d. any combinations of a., b., and c.
The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence:
Gosset US 4,632,848 Dec. 30, 1986
Lohmer US 2002/0048679 A1 Apr. 25, 2002
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a method of treating a solid
substrate which comprises spraying the substrate with an aqueous solution of at
least one of (1) reactive silanes, (2) reactive siloxanes, and hydrolysis products of
the silanes and siloxanes, and thereafter spraying the treated substrate with a
silicon-containing material, such as siliconates and silicates. The treatment
provides a protective coating to the substrate.
Appealed claims 1-3, 10-34, 36-38, 40-41, 43-45, 47-48, 50-52 and 54 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lohmer in view of
Gosset.1
Appellant has not presented separate arguments with respect to any
particular claim on appeal. Accordingly, all the claims rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 stand or fall together with claim 1.
1 The Examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 4-6, 9, 20, 26 and 32 under
the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting.
2
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