Appeal No. 2006-2666
Application No. 10/140,531
X is an inorganic or organic anion; and
the total charge of cations h is equal to the total charge of
anions j.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting the appealed
claims:
Seltzer US 5,051,511 Sept. 24, 1991
Rodgers US 5,459,222 Oct. 17, 1995
Claims 44 to 54 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combination of Seltzer and Rodgers. (Answer 3-5). We affirm the
rejection.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the Examiner
and the Appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the
Answer (mailed April 13, 2006) for the Examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the Brief (filed April 3, 2006) for the Appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
Upon careful review of the respective positions advanced by Appellants and
the Examiner, we Affirm for the reasons advanced by the Examiner and add the
following primarily for emphasis.
Appellants argue that polyurethane and polyester coatings are unknown as
paper coatings and that there is no motivation provided to combine the two
references in order to solve the present problem (Br. 10). Appellants also present a
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