Appeal No. 96-3862
Application No. 08/189,861
allowable by the examiner in the answer mailed June 02, 1995.
Accordingly, only claims 1-5 are before us for consideration.
Claims 7-20, which are all of the other claims that remain
pending in this application have been objected to by the
examiner as depending on rejected claims (final rejection,
pages 3 and 4).
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method for
producing hydroxyfunctional compounds by reacting polyurethane
and/or polyurethane polyurea waste with a low molecular weight
diol or polyol. The amine-containing alcoholysis product
obtained from that reaction, which is conducted at a first
temperature, is thereafter further reacted either (a) at a
lower second temperature with stirring; or (b) with a dialkyl
carbonate and/or a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. According to
appellants, "None of the rejected claims will be argued
separately" (brief, page 3). We construe this statement as
meaning that the claims stand or fall together and thus we
decide this appeal on the basis of independent claim 1 alone.
See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) (1995). An understanding of the
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