Appeal No. 2000-1564 Application 08/924,307 THE INVENTION The applicants’ claimed invention is directed toward a separator paper for use in an alkaline battery. Claim 15 is illustrative: 15. A separator paper for electrically isolating an anode active material and a cathode active material of an alkaline-battery, comprising: a) a dense layer having alkali-proof cellulose fibers and synthetic fibers to provide an airtightness in the range of 2 sec/100 ml to 100 sec/100 ml; and b) a liquid impregnate layer integrally laminated to said dense layer, said liquid impregnate layer having alkali- proof cellulose fibers and synthetic fibers to provide a liquid impregnate ratio of more than 550%. THE REFERENCES Hayashi et al. (Hayashi) 5,366,832 Nov. 22, 1994 Mizutani et al. (Mizutani) 0 228 603 Jul. 15, 1987 (European patent application) Kubo et al. (JP ‘049) 2-119049 May 7,1 1990 (Japanese Kokai) 1Citations herein to JP ‘049 are to the English translation thereof which is of record. -2-2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007