Ex Parte MATZINGER et al - Page 5



                    Appeal No. 2001-2465                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/167,878                                                                                                                            
                    constitute a cationic resin composition and would not be water                                                                                        
                    soluble in accordance with the here claimed composition.                                                                                              
                              For the above stated reasons, we cannot sustain the rejection                                                                               
                    as formulated and applied by the Examiner against appealed claim 1                                                                                    
                    as being unpatentable over Kappele in view of Maslanka and                                                                                            
                    Nakashima.  None of the other rejections before us, as formulated                                                                                     
                    by the Examiner, cure the above discussed deficiency of the claim 1                                                                                   
                    rejection.  It follows that we cannot sustain any of the section                                                                                      
                    103 rejections advanced on this appeal.                                                                                                               

















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