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          Appeal No. 2001-2094                                                        
          Application 09/203,894                                                      


          the two specified antioxidants to the lubricating oil.  Claim 1,            
          directed toward the composition, is illustrative:                           
               1.   A composition comprising lubricating oil and at least a           
          first antioxidant and a second antioxidant, the first antioxidant           
          being a secondary diarylamine of the formula R1-NH-R2 where R1 and          
          R2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted              
          aryl group having from 6 to 46 carbon atoms and the second                  
          antioxidant being a 2,2,4-trialkyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline or a                
          polymer thereof of the structure:                                           









          where n=1-1000 and R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, or alkoxy.                        
                                   THE REFERENCES                                     
          Jones et al. (Jones)               2,647,824       Aug.  4, 1953            
          Rasberger et al. (Rasberger)       4,692,258       Sep.  8, 1987            
          Meier et al. (Meier)               4,965,006       Oct. 23, 1990            
          Evans                              5,246,606       Sep. 21, 1993            
                                    THE REJECTION                                     
               Claims 1-5, 7, 8, 10-19, 21, 22 and 24-28 stand rejected               
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Jones taken with           
          Meier, Evans and Rasberger.                                                 




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