Ex parte YAMAO et al. - Page 2




                   Appeal No. 95-3220                                                                                                                               
                   Application 08/112,986                                                                                                                           



                            7.   A resin composition comprising a polyarylene sulfide containing at least one                                                       
                   substituent selected from the group consisting of an amino group and an amido group, a                                                           
                   polyamide resin, and a compound selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid,                                                         
                   a carboxylic acid anhydride and a carboxylic acid halide each having in its molecule not                                                         
                   less than two functional groups reactive with said amino group or said amide groups.                                                             
                            9.  A resin composition comprising a polyarylene sulfide containing at least one                                                        
                   substituent selected from the group consisting of an amino group and an amido group, a                                                           
                   polyamide resin, a compound selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, a                                                           
                   carboxylic acid anhydride and a carboxylic acid halide, each having in its molecule not less                                                     
                   than two functional groups reactive with said amino group or said amido group, and a filler.                                                     

                            The references relied upon by the examiner are:                                                                                         
                   Katto et al. (Katto)                            4,699,975                              Oct. 13, 1987                                             
                   Takekoshi et al. (Takekoshi)                    5,015,704                              May 14, 1991                                              
                   Suzuki et al. (Suzuki)                                                                          Unknown 2                                        
                   (Abstract of Japanese Kokai Patent Application 61-207462)                                                                                        

                            Claims 7, 9 and 21 through 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                             
                   unpatentable over Katto in view of Takekoshi or Suzuki.3                                                                                         


                            We have carefully considered the record before us which includes, inter alia, the                                                       

                            2The photocopy of the abstract submitted with the examiner’s Answer does not                                                            
                   indicate the date on which the abstract was published.  Therefore, there is no evidence of                                                       
                   record that the abstract is available as prior art against the present invention.                                                                
                            3We note that the examiner has relied on the disclosure of the translated abstract of                                                   
                   the Japanese Kokai patent application only.  The examiner has not obtained a certified                                                           
                   translation of the full-length document.  See the REMAND on p. 7, infra.                                                                         
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