Appeal No. 95-1092
Application 08/044,436
consideration pursuant to a restriction requirement under 37
CFR § 1.142(b). We affirm-in-part.2
The Claimed Subject Matter
The claims on appeal are directed to a process of
applying waterborne coating compositions. The process
involves continuously modifying the water content of the
waterborne coating composition as it is being sprayed in
response to humidity measurements. Claim 1 is illustrative of
the claimed subject matter:
1. A method of applying waterborne coating
compositions onto a substrate under varying humidity
conditions comprising:
(a) measuring relative humidity in the spray
area in which a stream of waterborne coating
composition is being supplied to a spray device;
(b) based on the relative humidity measurement
controlling the proportionate flow rates of the
stream of waterborne coating and an aqueous additive
to be mixed into the waterborne coating composition
stream;
(c) mixing the additive into the waterborne
coating composition stream at the proportionate flow
We note that appellants filed a reply brief (Paper No. 12) which was2
denied entry by the examiner (Paper No. 13) because it was not directed to
only new points of argument raised in the answer. Accordingly, we have not
considered the reply brief in our deliberations.
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