1 (4) 2 Newman, U.S. Patent 3,751,286, issued 7 August 1973 3 Newman is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). 4 Newman relates generally to thermographic transfer sheets. Col. 1, 5 lines 4-9. 6 Newman teaches, among other things, that CAB-O-SIL can be used as 7 a filler to "reduce the tackiness" of a binder material. Col. 3, lines 7-8. 8 CAB-O-SIL is identified as having an average particle size of 0.012 9 microns. Col. 3, lines 10-11. 10 CAB-O-SIL is described as the preferred filler, but clay, titania, 11 alumina, calcium carbonate, and talc are also said to be suitable. Col. 3, 12 lines -11-13 13 14 (5) 15 Shultz, U.S. Patent 4,111,853, issued 5 September 1978 16 Shultz is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). 17 In general Shultz relates to new and useful particulate NaAOS 18 [sodium alpha olefin sulfonate] compositions adapted for use as an 19 intermediate or concentrate in the preparation of particulate synthetic 20 detergent formulations. Col. 2, lines 59-64. 21 An optional ingredient which can be incorporated in the composition 22 is an anti-tack or crisping agent. Col. 7, lines 60-61 and 67. 23 One anti-tack agent is pyrogenic silica available commercially under 24 the trademark CAB-O-SIL EH-5. Col. 7, line 68 to col. 8, line 1. 25 10Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next
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