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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007