Ex parte MATSUNAGA et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1999-1400                                                        
          Application No. 08/849,211                                                  


          consisting of water, phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid,               
          under such conditions that a) the ratio as defined by formula               
          (I) has a value in the range of from 0.5 to 1.0, and b) the                 
          ratio                                                        as             
          defin                                                        ed             
          by                                                           form           
          ula                                                          (II)           
          has a                                                        valu           
          e in                                                         the            
          range                                                        of             
          from                                                         2.8            
          to                                                           3.2:           


                                                                                     












               The examiner relies upon the following reference as                    
          evidence of obviousness:                                                    
          Reierson                    5,554,781               Sep. 10, 1996           
                                                       (filed Mar. 6, 1995)           





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