Ex Parte Kobe et al - Page 13




              Appeal No. 2005-2652                                                                                      
              Application No. 10/066,990                                                                                

                                                      APPENDIX                                                          
                                                 Claims 1, 13 and 23                                                    

                     1.  A flame retardant article, comprising:                                                         
                            An expanded polymeric foam material comprising a polymer,                                   
                     antimony-free fire retardant, and a plurality of expanded polymeric microspheres,                  
                     the foam material having an outer surface, the expanded polymeric foam material                    
                     is a sheet and the outer surface comprises a first major surface and a second                      
                     major surface; and                                                                                 
                            An adhesive layer formulated without fire                                                   
                     retardant and disposed on at least a portion of one of the first or second                         
                     major surfaces;                                                                                    
                            Wherein the amount of expanded polymeric microspheres is from                               
                     about 0.1 parts by weight to about 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts                           
                     by weight of polymer.                                                                              
                                                                                                                       
                     13.   An article according to claim 1 wherein one or both of the foam and                          
                     the adhesive layer further comprises microfibers imparting stretch release                         
                     properties to the article, the microfibers being selected from the group                           
                     consisting of polymeric microfibers, viscoelastic microfibers, elastic                             
                     microfibers, and combinations of the foregoing.                                                    
                     23.   The flame retardant article of claim 1 wherein the antimony-free fire                        
                     retardant is tris(bromoneopentyl)phosphate.                                                        












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