Ex parte RINEHART et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 94-4259                                                                                                                     
                 Application 07/853,224                                                                                                                 



                                   The subject matter on appeal is directed to a flame retardant multilayer                                             
                 structure.                                                                                                                             
                                  Appellants separately argue claims 1, 16, 17 and 21.  Claim 1 is                                                     
                 representative of the invention and reads as follows:                                                                                  
                                   1.  A multi-layer structure comprising:                                                                              
                                   a first layer comprising a composition comprising a fire retardant polyolefin,                                       
                                   and,                                                                                                                 
                                   a second layer comprising a composition comprising a polyamide and a                                                 
                                   phosphonate ester of the formula:                                                                                    










                                   wherein “x” is 0 or 1.                                                                                               
                                   The references relied upon by the examiner are:                                                                      
                 Anderson et al. (Anderson)                            3,789,091                      Jan. 29, 1974                                     
                 Campbell                                                        4,327,248                      Apr. 27, 1982                           
                 Hauser et al. (Hauser)                                   4,732,789                      Mar. 22, 1988                                  
                 Kartheiser                                                      4,868,054                      Sep. 19, 1989                           
                                                                                                                                                       


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