Appeal No. 95-0801
Application 08/018,830
first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112:
Robin 4,412,073 Oct. 25, 1983
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as the enablement of the specification is not
commensurate in scope with the claims (answer, page 1, last
paragraph, and the paragraph bridging pages 2-3). We reverse
this rejection for reasons which follow.
OPINION
The examiner states that appellants’ disclosure is
enabling only for claims limited to catalyst component (a)(i)
containing a total of from about 1 to 36 carbon atoms,
component (a)(ii) where the aromatic ring contains a total of
from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and to component (b) containing
from 1 to 4 hydroxyl groups and having about 1 to 18 carbon
atoms (answer, paragraph bridging pages 2 and 3). The
examiner’s position is ?that the claims should be limited to
the inclusion of the clearly defined species of compounds
which the appellants have disclosed as being operative in a
process for the preparation of a polyisocyanate having an
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