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) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007