Ex Parte Liu - Page 7

               Appeal 2006-2774                                                                             
               Application 10/309,493                                                                       


               (i) a defoamer or antifoam   [0030] “The composition    “Foamaster 111                       
               agent selected from the      can also include other     defoamer”                            
               group of . . .               additives, e.g., . . .                                          
                                            defoamers”                                                      
                                            [0020] “The latex can                                           
                                            also include other                                              
                                            additives including,                                            
                                            defoamers”                                                      
               (j) water equaling a weight                                                                  
               percentage of the total in                                                                   
               the range of 10 to 35                                                                        
               weight percent;                                                                              
               (k) propylene glycol;        [0010] “In one                                                  
                                            embodiment, the polyol                                          
                                            is selected from the                                            
                                            group consisting of . . .                                       
                                            propylene glycol”                                               

                                              DISCUSSION                                                    
                      Claim 1 is directed to a fire protection coating composition which is                 
               “capable of being applied with the ease of conventional paint.”  The                         
               composition has 11 different classes of components, labeled (a) through (k)                  
               in claim 1.                                                                                  
                      The Examiner contends that Erismann describes an aqueous                              
               intumescent fire barrier composition which comprises at least one                            

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