Appeal 2007-0824
Application 10/829,936
stand withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected
invention. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A polishing pad comprising 70 to 99.9 mass% of (A) a crosslinked
diene elastomer and 0.1 to 30 mass% of (B) a polymer having an acid
anhydride structure and an acid value of 1 to 300 mg KOH/g,. based on 100
mass% of the total of the components (A) and (B), wherein said polishing
pad has a specific gravity of 0.9 to 1.2.
The Examiner relies upon the following reference as evidence of
obviousness:
Hasegawa US 6,645,264 B2 Nov. 11, 2003
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a polishing pad
comprising (A) a cross-linked diene elastomer and (B) a polymer having an
acid anhydride structure.
Appealed claims 1-3, 5, 6, 9, and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hasegawa.
Appellants do not present separate arguments for any particular claim
on appeal. Accordingly, all the appealed claims stand or fall together with
claim 1.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of Appellants' arguments for
patentability as well as the Specification and declaration evidence relied
upon in support thereof. However, we are in complete agreement with the
Examiner's reasoned analysis and application of the prior art, as well as her
cogent and thorough disposition of the arguments raised by Appellants.
Accordingly, we will adopt the Examiner's reasoning as our own in
sustaining the rejection of record, and we add the following for emphasis
only.
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