Ex parte SCHOLL et al. - Page 2




             Appeal No. 1996-2357                                                                                 
             Application 08/124,617                                                                               


                                                THE INVENTION                                                     
                    Appellants claim a vulcanizable rubber composition                                            
             containing a vulcanization accelerator having a recited                                              
             formula.  Claim 3 is illustrative and reads as follows:                                              
                    3.    A vulcanizable rubber composition containing a                                          
             vulcanization accelerator corresponding to the formula                                               










             where A represents OH, OCOR , OR , COOR , NR R  or CN, wherein5     5        5     6 7                                         
             R , R  and R  are the same or different and represent hydrogen,5  6          7                                                                                     
             or                                                                                                   
             C  - C  alkyl or C  - C  aryl radicals, and1  12               6  10                                                                           
                    R  to R  are the same or different and represent H, C  - C1      4                                                       1  12                      
             alkyl, C  - C  aryl, CH OR , CH COOR  and CH OH, or5           5                                                      
                        6  10              2         2              2                                            
                    wherein the R , R , R  and R  radicals are bonded to one or1  2  3           4                                                          
             more carbocyclic rings with 3 to 7 C atoms.                                                          
                                               THE REFERENCES                                                     
             Bögemann                         2,026,863       Jan.  7, 1936                                       
             Kleiman                          2,510,893       Jun.  6, 1950                                       
             Boustany et al. (Boustany)       3,770,707       Nov.  6, 1973                                       
             Fujii et al. (Fujii)             4,258,193       Mar. 24, 1981                                       


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