Appeal No. 96-3412
Application No. 08/293,577
agree with appellants that the coexistence of the phosphorous
compounds and metal compounds in the thermoplastic compositions
of the references does not meet the claim requirement for
treating the phosphorous compound with one of the recited metal
compounds. The examiner has not established on this record
that the presence of both the phosphorous compounds and the
metal compounds in a thermoplastic composition is equivalent to
the claimed process for treating the phosphorous compounds and,
manifestly, the references fail to suggest the process of
forming a solid product defined in claims 25 and 26. Also, for
the same reasons, we find that the cited references, taken
singularly or
in combination, fail to teach or suggest the method of claim 20
of stabilizing a thermoplastic material by incorporating
therein the treated phosphorous compound of claim 15.
Likewise, the examiner has not established the equivalency of
the thermoplastic compositions of the cited references and the
thermoplastic composition of appealed claim 24.
In conclusion, based on the foregoing, the examiner's
decision rejecting the appealed claims is reversed.
REVERSED
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