Appeal 2007-1024
Application 10/231,144
2. Cintra
18) Cintra describes a battery electrode. (Cintra, Abstract).
19) The Examiner found that Cintra describes blending an electrode
mixture comprising a binder and carbon black until all the agglomerated
particles are less than 10 microns as measured using a Hegman gauge.
(Cintra, ¶¶ 0029-33).
3. Ward
20) Ward describes air depolarized electrochemical cells. (Ward,
Abstract).
21) Ward teaches using carbon black catalyst having a density of 0.47
g/ml and reducing the size of agglomerated particles. (Id. col. 16, ll. 1-20
and col. 17, ll. 40-50).
4. Ono
22) Ono describes a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that
employs a binder for forming its anode and cathode. (Ono, Abstract).
23) Ono’s binder is a mixture of a fluorine polymer and polyimide. (Id.).
C. Examiner’s Answer
24) The Examiner made the following finding in response to Applicant’s
argument that the prior art does not inherently have the claimed conductive
particle size:
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