Appeal No. 96-3946
Application No. 08/208,317
the coatings (and thus 80% binder). However, in column 7
Miyamoto teaches that the amount of binder should be no more
than 100 parts by
weight to 100 parts by weight of pigment. Similarly, in
Example 1, the amount of binder is 15 parts by weight to 100
parts by
weight of pigment. In other words, the weight percentage of
binder disclosed by Miyamoto is less than 50 percent, which
does not even approach the claimed ranges of at least 75
weight percent and at least 97 weight percent. Therefore, we
cannot uphold the rejection of claims 27, 28, and 32 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
CONCLUSION
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through
32 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph is affirmed for
claims 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 20, 22, and 23 and reversed for
claims 1 through 6, 9, 12 through 18, 21, and 24 through 32.
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