Ex Parte IKEZAWA et al - Page 2


             Appeal No. 1999-1808                                                                                     
             Application 08/826,305                                                                                   
             wherein the weight ratio of the solid lubricating agent to the hydrophilic resin is from                 
             0.7:1 to 3:1.                                                                                            
                    2.  The aqueous coating agent of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of MoS2 to                      
             antimony sulfide is from 1:0.2 to 1:0.5.                                                                 
                    16.  The aqueous coating agent of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the solid                   
             lubricating agent to the hydrophilic resin is from 0.9:1 to 2.5:1.                                       
                                                   THE REFERENCES                                                     
                    In rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. §103, the Examiner relies on                     
             the following references:                                                                                
             3,873,458                         Parkinson                         Mar. 25, 1975                      
             4,303,537                         Laepple et al. (Laepple)           Dec. 1, 1981                       
             5,432,211                         Morita et al. (Morita)             Jul. 11, 1995                      
             Japanese Patent Application        7-34030 (Dai-Nippon JP)            Feb. 3, 1995                       
             European Patent Application        0 687 715 A2 (Dai-Nippon EP) Dec. 20, 1995                            
                    Vlasyuk et al., “Electrodeposition of Protective and Antifriction Polymeric                       
             Coatings from Aqueous Media,”  Ukrainskii Khimicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 41, N o. 12                         
             (1975), pages 1319 -1320 (Vlasyuk).                                                                      
                    Nosov, M.I., “Lubricating Properties of Mixtures of Molybdenum Disulfide with                     
             Oxides and Sulfides of Antimony,” Khim. Teknol. Topl. Masel., No. 7 (1978), pages 43 -                   
             44 (Nosov).                                                                                              
                                                 THE REJECTION                                                        
                    Claims 1, 2, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being                              
             unpatentable over Parkinson, Laepple, Vlasyuk, Morita, Dai Nippon JP or Dai Nippon                       
             EP in view of Nosov.                                                                                     
                                             SUMMARY OF DECISION                                                      
                    On consideration of the entire record, we affirm.                                                 



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