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, 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
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