Ex parte MERTES et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-3145                                                        
          Application 08/432,285                                                      


          groups and to a coating composition containing this                         
          polyisocyanate.                                                             


          Claims 1 and 5 are illustrative:                                            
               1.   A process for the production of a polyisocyanate                  
          containing allophanate groups and in which the isocyanate                   
          groups consist essentially of aliphatically and/or                          
          cycloaliphatically bound isocyanate groups which comprises                  
          reacting an organic compound containing urethane groups with                
          an organic polyisocyanate containing aliphatically and/or                   
          cycloaliphatically bound isocyanate groups in the presence of               
          a tin compound.                                                             
               5.   A coating composition comprising an isocyanate-                   
          reactive component and the polyisocyanate prepared in                       
          accordance with Claim 1.                                                    
                                   THE REFERENCES                                     
          Windemuth et al. (Windemuth)       3,769,318       Oct. 30,                 
          1973                                                                        
          Verheist et al. (Verheist)         0 393 903       Oct. 24,                 
          1990                                                                        
               (European patent application)                                          
                                    THE REJECTION                                     
               Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being               
          unpatentable over Verheist in view of Windemuth.                            
                                       OPINION                                        
               We reverse the aforementioned rejection.                               


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