Ex parte HENKINS et al. - Page 5




          Appeal No. 1996-3937                                                        
          Application No. 08/319,702                                                  


               The references of record relied upon are:                              
          Gilles                             4,025,486      May  24, 1977             
          Pollock et al. (Pollock)           4,368,139      Jan. 11, 1983             
          Van Asbroeck et al. ( Van Asbroeck) 4,670,493      June  2,                 
          1987                                                                        
          Miyata                             4,675,356      June 23, 1987             
          Matumura                           5,015,679      May  14, 1991             
          Dunski                             5,028,486      July  2, 1991             
               The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103               
          in view of the combined teachings in the above cited                        
          references.                                                                 
               We cannot sustain the stated rejection.                                
               The subject matter on appeal is directed to a dust free                
          blend of compacted particles that consist essentially of a                  
          pentaerythritol phosphite, a hindered phenolic isocyanurate, a              
          metal salt of a fatty acid (e.g., calcium stearate), and a                  
          hydrotalcite, and a method of making a dust free compacted                  
          particle from a blend of the above components by forming a                  
          densified compact of the blend and pelletizing the densified                
          compact into particles.  The compacted particles are said to                
          exhibit reduced levels of dust, and are durable during                      
          handling.   The compacted particles are useful as a                         
          stabilizing additive blend for polymeric compositions.                      


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