Appeal No. 95-0808
Application 08/048,866
Appellants state that the claims stand or fall in five
groups (brief, page 3). Appellants, however, do not point out
the relevance of the limitations of the dependent claims to
the patentability of these claims. Consequently, dependent
claims 2-10 stand or fall with independent claim 1 from which
they directly or indirectly depend. See In re Burckel, 592
F.2d 1175, 1178-9, 201 USPQ 67, 70 (CCPA 1979); In re Herbert,
461 F.2d 1390, 1391, 174 USPQ 259, 260 (CCPA 1972); 37 CFR
§ 1.192(c)(5)(1993). We therefore address only claim 1.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) over Basil
Basil discloses optically transparent coating
compositions which reduce the transmission of ultraviolet
radiation (col. 2, lines 16-20). As acknowledged by
appellants (brief, page 5), in Basil’s Example III, the
composition includes a mixture of tetraethylorthosilicate and
cerium oxide under conditions in which the
tetraethylorthosilicate is partially hydrolyzed.
Tetraethylorthosilicate falls within the general alkoxide
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