Appeal 97-1804 Application 08/329,042 38. A compact is illustrated in Fig. 2: 39. As shown, compact 30 contains binder 12 and powder 10. 40. Binder 12 includes a water soluble component and a water insoluble component (col. 2, lines 36-38). 41. The water insoluble component of the binder is a PVB resin (col. 7, lines 52-57). 42. The water soluble component of the binder is a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight under 10,000 (col. 2, lines 52-54; col. 7, lines 50-52). 43. There comes a time when the PVB resin is cross- linked. - 12 -Page: Previous 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007