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`Docket No.: HOK-0228
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMSa COMPLETE LISTING OF CLAIMS
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`IN ASCENDING ORDER WITH STATUS INDICATOR
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`Please amend the following claims as indicated.
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`1. (Currently Amended) An antifouling film coated article having a film obtained by
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`curing efia silicone resin material on a substrate, wherein a contact angle of water on said film is
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`in a range of 5 to 30°, and an average surface roughness of said film is 5 nm or less.
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`2. (Original) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 1, wherein the
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`contact angle of water on said film is in a range of 8 to 25°.
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`3. (Currently Amended) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 1,
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`wherein the silicone resin material of said film is derived from a composition containing
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`colloidal silica and a silicone resin that is at least one ofa partial hydrolysate and full
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`hydrolysate of 4-functional hydrolyzable organosilane.
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`4. (Original) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 3, wherein said
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`composition contains the colloidal silica such that a weight ratio of a solid content of silica to the
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`solid content in terms of condensate of the silicone resin is in a range of 0.01 to 9.
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`5. (Original) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 3, wherein said
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`composition further contains an organic zirconium.
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`6. (Original) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 5, wherein said
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`composition contains 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of the organic zirconium in terms of Zr02 with
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`respect to 100 parts by weight of the entire solid contents of said composition.
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`7. (Original) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 3, wherein said
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`composition further contains an optical semiconductor material.
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`Application No. 10/490,647
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`Docket No.: PICK-0228
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`8. (Original) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 7, wherein a
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`compounding ratio by weight of the optical semiconductor material to a total weight of the solid
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`content in the terms of condensate of the silicone resin and silica as the solid content of the
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`colloidal silica is 0.01 or more and less than 0.4.
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`9. (Previously Presented) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 3,
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`wherein said composition contains an optical semiconductor material such that a compounding
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`ratio by weight of the optical semiconductor material to the solid content in terms of condensate
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`of the silicone resin is 0.01 or more and less than 0.4, and further contains 0.1 to 10 parts by
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`weight of an organic zirconium in terms of ZrOz with respect to 100 parts by weight of the entire
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`solid contents of said composition.
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`10. (Original) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 1, wherein said
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`substrate is made of glass.
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`1 1. (Previously Presented) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 5,
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`wherein said organic Zirconium comprises a compound shown in the following chemical
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`formula
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`Zr on R3m (OR1 )p
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`(10)
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`wherein (i) m and p are an integer ofO to 4, and n is 0 or 1, (ii) in the case of n=0, m+p=4, and
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`(iii) in the case of n=1 , m+p=2.
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`12. (Previously Presented) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 11,
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`wherein said organic zirconium is at least one selected from the group consisting of
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`ZI‘(OC4H9)3 (C5H7Oz) and ZI'(OC4H9)2(C5H702)(C6H903).
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`13. (Previously Presented) The antifouling film coated article as set forth in claim 1 1,
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`wherein, in the chemical formula (10), (a) Rl is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, (b) R3
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`comprises a C5H702 (acetylacetonate complex) or C6H903 (ethyl acetoacetate complex) and (c)
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`different kinds of OR'and R3 may be included in one molecule.
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`Application No. 10/490,647
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`14. (New) A method of forming an antifouling film coated article comprising the
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`steps of:
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`applying a silicone resin material on a substrate; and
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`curing a resultant film on said substrate by a condensation polymerization reaction of
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`said silicone resin material to obtain a cured film having a contact angle of water on said film in
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`a range of 5 to 30°, and an average surface roughness of 5 nm or less.
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`15. (New) The method as set forth in claim 14, wherein the silicone resin material of
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`said film is a composition containing colloidal silica and a silicone resin that is at least one of a
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`partial hydrolysate and full hydrolysate of 4-functional hydrolyzable organosilane.
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`16. (New) The method as set forth in claim 14, wherein said composition further
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`contains an organic zirconium.
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`17. (New) The method as set forth in claim 16, wherein said organic zirconium
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`comprises a compound shown in the following chemical formula
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`Zr on R3,n (OR')p
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`wherein (i) m and p are an integer of 0 to 4, “n” is 0 or 1, (ii) in the case of n=0, m+p=4, and (iii)
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`in the case of n=1 , m+p=2.
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`18. (New) The method as set forth in claim 17, wherein said organic zirconium is at
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`least one selected from the group consisting of Zr(OC4H9)3(C5H702) and
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`ZY(OC4H9)2(C5H702)(C6H903).
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`19. (New) The method as set forth in claim 17, wherein, in the chemical formula
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`(10), (a) R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, (b) R3 comprises C5H702 (acetylacetonate
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`complex) or C5H903 (ethyl acetoacetate complex) and (c) different kinds of OR1 and R3 may be
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`included in one molecule.
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`20. (New) The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein said composition contains the
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`colloidal silica such that a weight ratio ofa solid content of silica to the solid content in terms of
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`condensate ofthe silicone resin is in a range of 0.01 to 9.
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