Appeal No. 1996-3729
Application No. 08/253,839
which, therefore, are the only claims before us for
consideration.
The claims on appeal are directed to a filled polyamide
composition including a polyphthalamide resin; a modified
block copolymer, i.e. succinic anhydride-functionalized block
copolymer; and a particulate filler or structural fiber.
Appellants acknowledge on page 5 of their Brief that all
of the appealed claims stand or fall together. Accordingly,
we will limit our consideration to claim 20 which is
illustrative of the appealed subject matter. Claim 20 is
reproduced below along with independent claim 19 upon which it
depends:1
19. A filled polyamide composition comprising:
(a) from about 99 to about 70 wt% of a polyphthalamide
consisting of recurring units represented by the formula:
1Again we note that claim 19 is not an appealed claim and
is reproduced here only because it is incorporated by
reference in claim 20.
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