Appeal No. 2001-0899 2
Application No. 08/799,174
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner
refusing to allow claims 2 through 12 and 14 through 16, which are all the claims pending
in this application.
THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to a halogen containing polymer or a recyclate thereof.
Two stabilizers are added to the polymer. The first stabilizer is an alkali metal zeolite. The
second stabilizer is an organic zinc compound, an aluminum compound or a rare earth
compound. Additional limitations are described in the following illustrative claim.
THE CLAIM
Claim 16 is illustrative of appellants’ invention and is reproduced below.
16. A composition, comprising
(a) a halogen-containing polymer or a recyclate thereof;
(b) at least one zeolite in the form of alkali metal zeolite,
with the exception of zeolite A, Na12Al12Si12O48 .27 H2O
and clinoptiolite Na6Al6Si30O72.2H2O, and
at least one organic zinc, aluminum or rare earth compound.
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