Ex Parte CRAIG et al - Page 3




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


                                Grounds of Rejection                                  
               1.  Claims 1-4, 9, 10, 12-17 and 19-21 stand rejected under            
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Quintens in view of Otsuka             
          and Kaijou.                                                                 
               2.  Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                  
          unpatentable over Quintens in view of Otsuka and Kaijou and                 
          further in view of Quintens ‘924.                                           
               3.  Claims 5-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                 
          unpatentable over Quintens in view of Otsuka and Kaijou and                 
          further in view of Ashton.                                                  
               4.  Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                  
          unpatentable over Quintens in view of Otsuka and Kaijou and                 
          further in view of Majumdar.                                                
               5.  Claims 22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as           
          unpatentable over Quintens in view of Otsuka and Kaijou and                 
          further in view of Majumdar ‘083.                                           
               6.  Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                  
          unpatentable over Quintens in view of Otsuka and Ashton.                    
               We affirm as to all six grounds of rejections.                         


                                     Background                                       
               The invention relates to a water-borne ceramer composition             
          which may be cured to form an abrasive resistant, electrically              
          conductive ceramer.  Claim 1.  The composition of the invention             
          comprises water having dispersed or dissolved therein (1) a                 
          silica sol comprising a plurality of colloidal silica particles,            
          (2) a binder precursor and (3) an electrically conductive organic           

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