Ex Parte CRAIG et al - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2003-1681                                                        
          Application No. 09/320,780                                                  


               Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal              
          and is reproduced below:                                                    
               1.  A water-borne ceramer composition capable of being                 
               cured to form an abrasion resistant, electrically                      
               conductive ceramer, said ceramer composition                           
               comprising:                                                            
                    water having dispersed or dissolved therein:                      
                         a silica sol comprising a plurality of                       
                         colloidal silica particles;                                  
                         a binder precursor; and                                      
                         an electrically conductive organic polymer.                  

          The references relied upon by the examiner are:                             
          Quintens et al. (Quintens)         5,354,613      Oct. 11, 1994             
          Quintens et al. (Quintens ‘924)    5,372,924      Dec. 13, 1994             
          Otsuka et al. (Otsuka)             5,432,237      Jul. 11, 1995             
          Ashton et al. (Ashton)             5,530,064      Jun. 25, 1996             
          Kaijou                             5,651,921      Jul. 29, 1997             
          Majumdar et al. (Majumdar)         5,869,227      Feb. 09, 1999             
                                                  (filed Dec. 18, 1997)               
          Majumdar et al. (Majumdar ‘083)    6,124,083      Sep. 26, 2000             
                                                  (filed Oct. 15, 1998)               






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