Appeal 2007-2440
Application 10/913,902
New Ground of Rejection
We enter the following NEW GROUNDS OF REJECTION pursuant
to 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b):
Claims 1–5, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Kobe; or as obvious under § 103 over Kobe.
The new ground of rejection is based on the following findings of
fact:
17. Kobe teaches a fastening system that has "at least one contact
responsive fastening layer which has essentially no surface tack, is multiply
releasable and refastenable against a non-tacky target surface." (Kobe
at 1:52–57.)
18. According to Kobe, the target surface may comprise another
essentially tack free surface. (Kobe at 3:17–18.)
19. Kobe provides an example of a refastenable fastening system in which
the fastening surface and the target surface are SBS (styrene-butadiene-
styrene block copolymers) or SIS (styrene-isoprene-styrene block
copolymers). (Kobe at 11:65 to 12:22.)
20. According to Kobe, the results of T-peel and dynamic shear tests were
comparable to butadiene-acrylonitrile polymers, and no blocking (permanent
bonds between the SBS fastening surface and the SBS target surface) was
observed after 22 hours of contact. (Kobe at 12:19–22.)
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