Appeal No. 1995-1915 Application No. 08/117,846 6. A multi-layer composition comprising: a) a barrier layer; and b) a structural layer comprising: i) about 79 to about 99 weight parts thermoplastic crystallizable or crystalline polyester base resin having a glass transition temperature (“Tg”) of at least about 50°C, and a melting point of at least about 150°C and an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of at least about 0.5; and ii) an alkali metal salt of a polyester polymer in an amount sufficient to provide the structural layer with about 6.5 x 10 gram-atoms to about 15 x 10 gram-atoms of-7 -6 active alkali metal per gram of polyester defined in i). The references relied upon by the examiner are: Moritani et al. (Moritani) 4,929,482 May 29, 1990 International application WO 90/01042 Feb. 8, 1990 (Sublett) 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007