Appeal No. 94-2973
Application No. 07/956,529
methyl methylacrylate, butyl methylacrylate, isobutyl
methacrylate, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-tertiarybutyl-
acrylamide, N-methylacrylamide,N,N-dimethylacrylamide,
dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate,
N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylformamide, phosphoethyl methacrylate,
allyl alcohol, methallyl alcohol, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate,
and styrene; and
(iii) from about 0.2 to about 20 percent by weight based
on the weight of magnesium hydroxide of one or more water-soluble
alkali metal salts; and
(b) agitating the mixture to suspend the magnesium
hydroxide.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Hirsch et al. (Hirsch) 4,450,013 May 22, 1984
Kriz et al. (Kriz) 4,588,649 May 13, 1986
Shioji et al. (Shioji) 4,818,783 Apr. 4, 1989
The following rejections are at issue in this appeal:
(1) Claims 1-5, 7-15 and 19-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Shioji.
(2) Claims 16 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the combination of Shioji and Hirsch.
(2) Claims 17 and 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the combination of Shioji, Hirsch and
Kriz.
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