Ex Parte CALLIS et al - Page 2




          Appeal No. 96-3431                                                          
          Application No. 08/307,535                                                  


               This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of            
          claims 1 through 36 which are all of the claims in the                      
          application.                                                                
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a fuel composition             
          for two-cycle engines which includes an additive formulation                
          comprising a sulfurized molybdenum-containing composition, a                
          carboxylic acid amide and a succinimide.  Further details of this           
          appealed subject matter are set forth in illustrative independent           
          claims 1 and 19, a copy of which taken from the appellants' brief           
          is appended to this decision.                                               
               The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of              
          obviousness are:                                                            
          Norman et al.       3,219,666           Nov. 23, 1965                       
          (Norman)                                                                    
          Miller              3,405,064           Oct.  8, 1968                       
          King et al.         4,263,152           Apr. 12, 1981                       
          (King)                                                                      
               Claims 1 through 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as            
          being unpatentable over King, Miller and Norman.2                           














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