Appeal No. 2001-0727
Application No. 08/215,446
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Strater 3,510,347 May 05, 1970
Wilson 4,439,491 Mar. 27, 1984
Block 4,454,193 Jun. 12, 1984
Chandler et al. 4,617,232 Oct. 14, 1986
(Chandler '232)
Chandler et al. 4,621,017 Nov. 04, 1986
(Chandler '017)
McAllister et al. 4,837,073 Jun. 06, 1989
(McAllister)
Washburn et al. 5,362,567 Nov. 08, 1984
(Washburn)
Appellant's claimed invention is directed to a method of
inhibiting catalyzed oxidation of carbon-carbon composites. The
method entails treating the composite with a liquid composition
comprising phosphoric acid, a zinc salt, an aluminum salt and
less that 0.1% by weight boron.
Appealed claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph. In addition, the appealed claims stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
(1) Claims 1-10 over Block in view of Chandler '232,
(2) Claims 11-14, 16 and 21-23 over Block, Chandler
'232 and McAllister,
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