Ex parte KIM et al. - Page 3




                     Appeal No. 1998-3116                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/367,327                                                                                                                                            


                     where                                                                                                                                                             
                                Y is a radical derived from a dihydric to tetrahydric                                                                                                  
                     alcohol,                                                                                                                                                          
                                n is 1-50 and                                                                                                                                          
                                m is 1-4,                                                                                                                                              
                     as copolymerized units.                                                                                                                                           


                                                                            THE REFERENCES                                                                                             
                     Johnston et al. (Johnston)           4,743,673     May 10,                                                                                                        
                     1988                                                                                                                                                              
                     Zaalishvili et al. (Zaalishvili)     2,854,648     May  7,           1                                                                                            
                     1983                                                                                                                                                              
                                (Russian patent application)                                                                                                                           
                                                                             THE REJECTION                                                                                             
                                Claims 1, 4-7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                                                                                               
                     as being unpatentable over Zaalishvili in view of Johnston.                                                                                                       
                                                                                   OPINION                                                                                             
                                We reverse the aforementioned rejection.                                                                                                               
                                Zaalishvili discloses polyester urethanes which are                                                                                                    
                     useful in medicine and have film-forming and fiber-forming                                                                                                        


                                1 Citations herein to this reference are to an English                                                                                                 
                     translation thereof, a copy of which is provided to the                                                                                                           
                     appellants with this decision.                                                                                                                                    
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