Appeal No. 95-4934
Application 07/908,650
(b) applying said composition to a substrate bearing an
organic coating;
(c) allowing said composition to remain on said
substrate for a sufficient period of time to loosen said
coating; and
(d) removing said coating from said substrate.
15. A thixotropic emulsion composition consisting
essentially of:
(1) from about 10 percent by weight to about 45 percent
by weight of at least one dibasic ester;
(2) from about 55 percent by weight to about 90 percent
by weight water; and
(3) at least one thickening agent selected from the
group consisting of water soluble and water swellable
thickening agents in an amount sufficient to form a stable
thixotropic emulsion having the ability to cling to vertical
surfaces.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Hodson 4,445,939 May 1,
1984
Jackson 4,780,235 Oct. 25,
1988
Japanese patent 57-83598 May 25,
1982
(Horibe)
Claims 10 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Horibe in view of Jackson, and claims
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