Appeal No. 1997-0461 Application 08/267,683 the disclosures is that Fujii (A1) describes an aqueous lubricant comprising a metallic soap, a solid lubricant, a surfactant for dispersing the soap and solid lubricant and water (page 3, lines 11 through 13). The solid lubricant may be molybdenum disulfide (page 3, lines 27 and 28). The surfactant utilized may itself be an anionic type such as a fatty acid salt (page 3, lines 39 through 41). As an optional ingredient, the lubricant may also contain a colloidal titanium pigment in an amount of from 10 to 5000 ppm to improve the lubricating and rust-preventing effects of the lubricant (page 3, line 52 through page 4, line 13). Thus, Fujii (A1) "describes", in the sense of 35 U.S.C. § 102, a lubricant as claimed in claim 23. That is, Fujii (A1) describes a lubricant consisting essentially of molybdenum disulfide powder and "a liquid in which the molybdenum disulfide powder is dispersed to form a liquid suspension." Again, we observe that "anticipation" is the ultimate evidence of obviousness. In reaching the above conclusions, we have not overlooked appellant's argument concerning the scope of claim 23 as 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007