Appeal No. 96-1795
Application No. 08/262,745
According to appellants, the invention is directed to
thermoplastic ABS materials having high strength, high heat
resistance, good hardness, good surface gloss and very good
process ability (Brief, pages 2 and 4). Appellants state that
the claims on appeal stand or fall together (Brief, page 7).
Accordingly, we select claim 1 from the group of claims and
decide this appeal as to the grounds of rejection on the basis
of this claim alone. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(1995).
Illustrative claim 1 is reproduced and attached as an Appendix
to this decision.
The examiner has relied upon the following references in
support of the rejections:
Cincera et al. (Cincera) 3,903,200 Sep. 2,
1975
Kodama et al. (Kodama) 5,093,419 Mar. 3,
1992
Lausberg et al. (Lausberg) 5,216,062 Jun. 1,
1993 Eichenauer et al. (Eichenauer I) 5,302,663 Apr.
12, 1994
(effective filing date of Nov. 18, 1991)
Eichenauer et al. (Eichenauer II)5,302,664 Apr. 12,
1994
(effective filing date of Nov. 18, 1991)
Hiemenz, Polymer Chemistry, pp. 537-541, Marcel Dekker, Inc.,
1984.
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