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