Ex Parte Kohler et al - Page 2

               Appeal No. 2007-1487                                                                         
               Application 09/562,632                                                                       

                      Claim 1 illustrates Appellants’ invention of a coating, and is                        
               representative of the claims on appeal:                                                      
                      1.  A coating composition comprising                                                  
                      a)  30 to 95 wt.% of an aqueous, hydroxy-functional, acid-group                       
               containing resin dispersion, said dispersion having an hydroxyl value of                     
               from 8 to 264 mg KOH/g resin solids and an acid value of from 3 to 100 mg                    
               KOH/g resin solids,                                                                          
                      b)  5 to 70 wt.% of a polyisocyanate component having a free                          
               isocyanate group content of 5 to 50 wt.% and a viscosity of 5 to 10,000                      
               mPa.s at 23°C and D = 40s-1 and                                                              
                      c)  0.1 to 10 wt.% of an epoxy functional silane component, inert to                  
               isocyanate groups and reactive with acid groups in said dispersion via epoxy                 
               groups, of the general formula (|)                                                           

                                               X                                                            
                                               |                                                            
               W―(CH2)n―Si―Y                  (|)                                                           
                                               |                                                            
                                               Z                                                            
                      wherein                                                                               
                      W  denotes the group                                                                  

                                                                                O                           
                        O                                                                                   
                                    or                     O    (CH2)m     CH     CH2                      
                            with m = 1 to 4 and                                                             
                      n  denotes a whole number from 2 – 4                                                  
                      and                                                                                   
                      X, Y, Z represent, independently of one another, the same or different                
               organic groups with 1 to 30 atoms, with the proviso that at least one of the                 
               groups represents an alkoxy group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms,                                  


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