Appeal 2007-1693
Application 10/343,523
decision and those presented by the Examiner, we uphold the Examiner's
rejection.
II. Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
Rehmer in view of Asakura.
The Examiner cites the Asakura for teaching mercapto group
containing photoinitiators that correspond to the formula (I) (Answer 5).
Appellants do not contest the Examiner's reasons for citing the Asakura
reference. Rather, Appellants state “[t]herefore, no combination of Rehmer
and WO ‘961 [Asakura] could ever lead to Appellants’ novel process.” (Br.
5). Appellants’ arguments are not persuasive for the reasons set forth above
and in the Answer.
ORDER
The rejections of claim 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) are affirmed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with
this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. §1.136(a) (1) (iv).
AFFIRMED
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