Ex parte KUBITZA et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-2504                                                          
          Application 08/318,328                                                      


          for preparing a cured polyurea coating.  The process comprises              





          coating a water-resistant substrate with a composition                      
          containing water and a binder which consists essentially of a               
          hydrophil-ically-modified polyisocyanate having the recited                 
          characteris-tics.                                                           
               Appellants separately argue claims 13-18, as a group, and              
          claims 11, 12, 17, 18, 23 and 24, as a group.  Accordingly,                 
          such two groups of claims stand or fall together, as do claims              
          7-10 and 19-22.                                                             
               Appealed claims 7-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102              
          as being anticipated by Hombach.  In addition, claims 7-24                  
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                  
          over Hombach in view of the CYANAMID BULLETIN.                              
               We have carefully reviewed the respective positions                    
          advanced by appellant and the examiner.  In so doing, we will               
          not sustain the examiner's section 102 rejection of claims 11,              
          12, 17, 18, 23 and 24.  However, we will sustain the                        
          examiner's section 102 rejection of claims 7-10, 13-16 and 19-              
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