Ex parte CARMAN et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1996-3472                                                        
          Application 08/192,088                                                      


          as superior to conventional alumina by Rue and Cottringer.                  
          The examiner should also consider, in detail, the comparative               
          data presented by appellants on pages 12-18 of the                          
          specification.  Specifically, the examiner should determine if              
          the variable firing schedule recited in Table III on page 13                
          of the specification would affect the results presented in                  
          Table IV on page 14 of the specification (see the sentence                  
          bridging pages 8-9 of the specification) and if all of the                  
          results for the example from Clark composition #4 are                       





          truly unexpected (see the specification, pages 16 and Table                 
          VII on page 18).                                                            


                                      REVERSED                                        







                         CHUNG K. PAK                  )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
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