Appeal No. 1997-0330
Application 08/493,758
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the final
rejection of claims 1 and 3, all the claims pending in
the application. On consideration of the record, we
affirm the '103 rejection of claim 1, reverse the '102
rejection of claim 1, reverse the '102 and '103
rejections of claim 3, and, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. '
1.196(b), apply a new '103 rejection of claims 1 and 3.
Representative Claim
1. An acidic electrolyte for dip-tin-plating of
aluminum alloys, containing tin salts, surfactants and
additives yielding fluoride ions, comprising, as
additives yielding fluoride, fluorine complexes having an
optimum effective fluoride content that corresponds to
the maximum solubility of the additives and wherein the
fluoride complex is present in concentrations exceeding
its solubility product.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Kirman et al. (Kirman) 4,170,525 Oct. 9, 1979
The rejection is:
Claims 1 and 3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 102(b)
as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C.
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