Appeal No. 1997-0461
Application 08/267,683
Claim 31. A
lubricant and coolant consisting essentially of
molybdenum disulfide powder and a liquid in which the
molybdenum disulfide powder is dispersed to form a liquid
suspension, said liquid consisting essentially of
kerosene, chloroparaffin, and carbon tetrachloride.
OPINION
THE REFERENCES
The references of record which are being relied on by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Fujii et al. (Fujii '521) 5,116,521 May
26, 1992
Fujii et al. (Fujii (A1)) Published European Patent
Application
0 412 788 A1, published February 13, 1991
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 23 through 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over either Fujii et al. (U.S. Patent
Number 5,116,521) or Fujii et al. (European Patent Application
0 412 788 A1) . We shall affirm these rejections with respect2
to claims 23 through 27 and 30 but reverse the rejections as
The rejection on Fujii et al. (European Patent2
Application 0 412 788 A1) was entered by the examiner
in her Answer as a new ground of rejection. See Paper
Number 12.
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