Appeal No. 2006-1144
Application No. 09/975,806
The examiner relies upon the following references in the
rejections of the appealed claims:
Alessandroni 2,212,629 Aug. 27, 1940
Dietz 3,549,396 Dec. 22, 1970
Kreth et al. (Kreth) 4,885,034 Dec. 5, 1989
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a pigment
composition, and the method of making it, comprising TiO2 and
barium sulfate in the recited amounts. The barium sulfate
serves to stabilize and act as an anti-agglomeration agent for
the TiO2.
Appealed claims 1, 3, 4 and 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kreth. The appealed
claims also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as follows:
(a) claims 8, 11, 13, 16 and 18-22 over Kreth,
(b) claims 5, 6, 13-15 and 17 over Kreth in view of Dietz,
Alessandroni, and
(d) claims 1-5, 9, 10 and 23 over Kreth in view of
Alessandroni.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellant’s arguments
for patentability. However, we find ourselves in complete
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