Appeal No. 2002-0223 2
Application No. 09/410,162
The invention is directed to a method of preserving a material by impregnating the
material with at least one hydrolyzable silane and curing the product obtained therefrom.
Additional limitations are described in the following illustrative claims.
THE CLAIMS
Claims 51, 54 and 55 are illustrative of appellants’ invention and are reproduced
below.
51. A method of preserving organic and inorganic materials, the method comprising:
(I) Impregnating a material selected from
a. organic materials or
b. inorganic materials
with a hydrolyzable silane or a mixture of hydrolyzable silanes and thereafter, curing the
product of (I).
54. A method as claimed in claim 51 wherein the hydrolyzable silane is an
acetoxysilane.
55. A method as claimed in claim 54 wherein the acetoxysilane is
methyltriacetoxysilane.
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