Appeal No. 95-0227
Application No. 08/061,406
Appellants acknowledge on page 3 of their brief that the
claims stand or fall together for purposes of this appeal.
Accordingly, we will limit our consideration to claim 1, the
sole independent claim, which reads as follows:
1. Clay-like organopolysiloxane composition having a
Williams Plasticity within the range of 100 to 200 consisting
essentially of
(A) 100 weight parts of a diorganopolysiloxane having a
viscosity of at least 300,000 centistokes at 25<C,
(B) 5 to 500 weight parts of a synthetic resin powder,
and
(C) 10 to 100 weight parts of a liquid paraffin.
The examiner relies upon the following reference of record
as prior art:
Sterling 4,578,413 Mar. 25, 1986
The following rejections are before us for consideration:
I. Claims 1-2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, for lack of enablement.
II. Claims 1-2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being obvious over Sterling.
III. Claims 1-2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite.
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