Ex parte ROSS et al. - Page 5




          Appeal No. 95-0432                                                           
          Application 08/002,448                                                       
          an        unsaturated polyester resin,                                       
                         B.   a cross-linking monomer,                                 
                         C.   a low profile additive,                                  
                         D.   a reinforcing fiber, and                                 
                         E.   a silicon-oxyalkylene copolymer flow                     
          control                                                                      
                    agent and surface modifying agent.                                 
               Atkins lists the advantages of his inventive molding                    
          composition as follows (Atkins, p. 3, l. 50-55):                             
               n improve flow during molding,                                          
               n improved physicals for the molded product,                            
               n smoother surfaces for the molded product, i.e., better                
               replication of the mold and the mold's dimensions; and                  
               n molded fiber reinforced plastic parts that have less                  
               shrinkage.                                                              
               We find that the molding composition Atkins describes                   
          differs from the molding composition appellants claim in the                 
          polysiloxane copolymer component.  Appellants’ thermoset                     
          molding composition requires a polysiloxane polyalkylene                     
          copolymer surface modifying agent.  Atkins’ thermoset molding                
          composition requires a polysiloxane polyalkyleneoxyalkylene                  
          surface modifying agent.                                                     
               B.   Godlewski                                                          
               Godlewski states (col. 3, l. 60, to col. 4, l. 16;                      
          emphasis added):                                                             

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