Appeal 2007-3256
Application 10/900,619
8) According to JP ‘976, the composition may be applied to various
types of plastics, metallic materials, wood, paper, and leather (JP ‘976,
¶ [0077-0078]).
9) In Reference Examples 1 and 2, JP ‘976 discloses preparation of
polyurethane urea grains containing a pigment (JP ‘976, ¶ [0084-0089]).
In Reference Examples 3 and 4, JP ‘976 discloses preparation of
polyurethane urea grains containing a dye (JP ‘976, ¶ [0090-0093]).
10) In Application Examples 1-4, JP ‘976 discloses preparation of
resin compositions for paints in which the polymer grains of Reference
Examples 1-4 are uniformly mixed with binding agent resin (JP ‘976,
¶ [0094]). The resin compositions are applied over resin plates, dried
and hardened (¶ [0098]). The coated plates were evaluated for outer
appearance, touch feel, scratch resistance, coloration, and weather
resistance (¶ [0099-0103]). According to JP ‘976, touch feel was
“evaluated as the degree of soft feel by touching with a hand” (¶ [0100]).
11) Munro claims “[a] colored composition comprising a carrier and a
colorant in particulate form, said colorant comprising an ordered
periodic array of particles held in a matrix wherein a difference in
refractive index between said matrix and said particles is at least about
0.01” (Munro, claim 1).
12) Munro teaches that the colorants “can be used in a wide variety of
coating compositions, such as paints and nail polish. These include
waterborne and solvent-borne liquid coating compositions, powder
coating compositions, powder slurry compositions, and electrodeposition
compositions” (Munro, ¶ [0040]).
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