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The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONALD H. CAMPBELL and DAVID R. HAY
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Appeal No. 2006-2817
Application No. 10/734,979
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, LINCK, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to methods of coating substrates with a
thermosetting composition containing isocyanate reactive material. The Examiner has
rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm.
Background
The application relates to thermoset compositions which contain isocyanate
crosslinkers which are based on melamine triisocyanate. Specification, ¶¶ 1 and 4.
The crosslinkers are used as curing agents to produce polymeric films. Id., ¶¶ 16 and
25. They are particularly useful for automobiles and other industrial products as a clear
coat applied over a pigmented basecoat. Id., ¶¶ 2, 21, and 26. Because they form
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