Appeal No. 2001-1231
Application No. 08/976,371
b. said carbon black having a dibutylphtalate
[sic, dibutylphthalate] absorption value of between
about 100 cc/100g to about 115 cc/100q;
c. said carbon black further comprising a weight
percentage of ellipsoidal aggregates greater than about
14.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
support for the rejections on appeal:
Warner et al. (Warner) 3,959,008 May 25, 1976
Wideman et al. (Wideman) 4,929,280 May 29, 1990
Wolff et al. (Wolff) 5,159,009 Oct. 27, 1992
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not described
in the original specification in such a way as to reasonably
convey to one skilled in the art that appellants, at the time the
application was filed, had possession of the invention as now
claimed (Answer, page 2). Claims 7-11 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Warner (Answer, page 3).
Claims 7-17, 20-22, 25, 26 and 28-34 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under
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