Appeal No. 1996-2357 Application 08/124,617 THE INVENTION Appellants claim a vulcanizable rubber composition containing a vulcanization accelerator having a recited formula. Claim 3 is illustrative and reads as follows: 3. A vulcanizable rubber composition containing a vulcanization accelerator corresponding to the formula where A represents OH, OCOR , OR , COOR , NR R or CN, wherein5 5 5 6 7 R , R and R are the same or different and represent hydrogen,5 6 7 or C - C alkyl or C - C aryl radicals, and1 12 6 10 R to R are the same or different and represent H, C - C1 4 1 12 alkyl, C - C aryl, CH OR , CH COOR and CH OH, or5 5 6 10 2 2 2 wherein the R , R , R and R radicals are bonded to one or1 2 3 4 more carbocyclic rings with 3 to 7 C atoms. THE REFERENCES Bögemann 2,026,863 Jan. 7, 1936 Kleiman 2,510,893 Jun. 6, 1950 Boustany et al. (Boustany) 3,770,707 Nov. 6, 1973 Fujii et al. (Fujii) 4,258,193 Mar. 24, 1981 -2-2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007