Ex parte GREANEY - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1996-2844                                                        
          Application No. 07/955,162                                                  


          Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                    
               1. A phosphate-free, substantially anhydrous anti-                     
          corrosive antifreeze formulation suitable for use as coolant                
          in an engine cooling system without water dilution consisting               
          essentially of:                                                             
          (WT%)                                                                       
          COMPONENT                                  CONCENTRATION RANGE              
          Propylene Glycol                               92 to 98                     
          Borate, calculated as B 0                   0.16 to 0.81                    
                                 4 7                                                  
          Molybdate, calculated as Mo0                 0.13 to 0.66                   
                                      4                                               
          Nitrate, calculated as N0                    0.073 to 0.36                  
                                   3                                                  
          Nitrite, calculated as N0                    0.067 to 0.33                  
                                   2                                                  
          Tolyltriazole (C H N )                        0.15 to 0.50                  
                          77 3                                                        
          Silicate, calculated as Si0                  0.014 to 0.07                  
                                     2                                                

               As culled from the examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 15) and                
          Supplemental Answer (Paper No. 18), the posture of this appeal              
          is as follows:                                                              
               Ž    all of the rejections previously applied in the                   
          final rejection have been withdrawn by the examiner.                        
               Ž    the only outstanding rejections are those which were              
          applied as new grounds of rejection in the examiner’s Answer.               
               Ž    the paper styled "Amendment" filed on Nov. 25, 1994               
          (Paper No. 16) is treated as a Reply Brief responding to the                
          new grounds of rejection.                                                   
               Ž    the only other claim pending in appellant’s                       

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