Appeal 2007-1901
Application 10/095,922
and said at least one highly fluorinated monomer being employed in
amounts which produce an interpolymer comprising polymer units
derived from 10-90 mol% vinyl fluoride and 90-10 mol% of at least
one highly fluorinated monomer, said polymerizing being carried out
in a horizontal autoclave.
The Examiner relies upon the following references:
James US 3,129,207 Apr. 14, 1964
Cook US 3,428,618 Feb. 18, 1969
Barber US 4,569,978 Feb. 11, 1986
Effenberger US 4,883,716 Nov. 28, 1989
Uschold US 5,229,480 Jul. 20, 1993
Froggatt US 5,308,685 May 3, 1994
Farnham US 5,639,837 Jun. 17, 1997
Feiring US 5,763,552 Jun. 9, 1998
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to an emulsion
polymerization process for preparing an interpolymer comprising vinyl
fluoride and at least one highly fluorinated monomer.
Appealed claims 1-3, 5 and 7-9 stand rejected as unpatentable under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over:
(i) James,
(ii) Cook, or
(iii) Uschold ‘480 taken with Effenberger or Froggatt,
and further in view of Barber, Feiring, or Farnham.
Appellant has not separately argued any particular claim.
Accordingly, all of the claims, as separately rejected, stand or fall together.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of Appellant’s arguments for
patentability. However, we are in full agreement with the Examiner that the
claimed subject matter is unpatentable over the cited prior art. Accordingly,
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