Appeal 1997-2575
Application 08/524,661
the discussion portion of this opinion.
The invention
1. The invention relates to a composition for room
temperature vulcanizing silicone sealants suitable for formed-
in-place gaskets to be used in contact with hot hydrocarbon
oil (specification, page 1, lines 6-8) and to methods for
making the compositions.
The claims
2. Composition claims 1-10 and method claims 11-20
are in the application.
3. Composition claim 1 reads (paragraph numbering
and matter in brackets added) [portions in bold are
significant with respect to the issues in the appeal]:
A room temperature curing silicone sealant
composition utilizing high moisture fillers, formed by
combining, based on the weight of the silicone sealant
composition:
[1] 25 to 75% diorganosiloxane based polymer
[a] of viscosity 1 Pa@s to 300 Pa@s,
[b] [and having terminal groups,] in which the
terminal groups are selected from the group
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