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                Appeal 2007-0158                                                                              
                Application 10/415,202                                                                        
                2) In a first preferred embodiment, the coating material of the                               
                   invention is a one-component system in which all reactive components,                      
                   i.e., the epoxy resins and the polyamines, are present alongside one                       
                   another. In this embodiment, it is preferable to use exclusively epoxy                     
                   resins which are solid at room temperature and/or epoxy resin powder                       
                   coating materials (Specification 3:32-38).                                                 
                3) In a second preferred embodiment, the coating material of the                              
                    invention is a multicomponent system, in particular a two-component                       
                    system, comprising (A) at least one polyamine-containing aqueous                          
                    dispersion or solution as curing component and (B) at least one epoxy                     
                    resin-containing aqueous dispersion as a binder component, the solid                      
                    epoxy resin and/or the epoxy resin powder coating material being                          
                    present in fine dispersion in the curing component (A) (Specification                     
                    4:1-10).                                                                                  
                4) “For the multicomponent systems of the invention, the curing                               
                    component (A) and the binder component (B) are not mixed with one                         
                    another until shortly before application” (Specification 11:1-4).                         
                5) According to the Specification,                                                            
                            Irrespective of whether the coating material of the                               
                      invention is a one-component system or a multicomponent                                 
                      system, it comprises, based on its solids, the solid epoxy resin                        
                      and/or the epoxy resin powder coating material in an amount                             
                      which corresponds preferably to from 2 to 30, more preferably                           
                      from 3 to 25, and in particular from 4 to 20% by weight of                              
                      epoxy resin as reactive component.  Specification 4:15-22.                              
                6) The Specification further provides that:                                                   
                         Where the solid epoxy resin is used alone, it is present in the                      
                      coating material of the invention in an amount of from 2 to 30,                         

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