Appeal No. 1996-1185
Application No. 08/063,985
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the final rejection of claims 1-14.
Claim 1 is representative and is reproduced below:
1. A process for the preparation of low-dust
granules, which comprises applying an aqueous solution or
suspension of a hydrate-forming compound to a particulate
starting material, the particulate starting material being at
a temperature below the transition temperature of the hydrate-
forming compound during the application of the aqueous
solution or suspension and the aqueous solution [sic or
suspension] being at a temperature above the transition2
temperature, effecting granulation subsequently or
simultaneously and, if desired, drying the granules obtained.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner
are:
Johnston 4,126,573 Nov. 21, 1978
Choy 4,867,895 Sep. 19, 1989
Appealed claims 1-5, 7, 8, and 10-14 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Choy. Claims 6 and
2Appellants’ specification indicates that the suspension
must also be above the “transition temperature.” See page 2,
lines 8-10 of the specification. We trust that the examiner
and appellants will insure that the appealed claims are
appropriately amended prior to allowance of this application.
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