Appeal No. 97-1848
Application 08/338,074
The appeal is from a decision of the Primary Examiner
rejecting claims 1, 10-14, 16-17 and 20-29. We reverse.
A. Findings of fact
The record supports the following findings by a
preponderance of the evidence.
The claimed invention
1. The invention is readily understood by reference
to the two independent claims on appeal.
2. Independent claims 1 and 21 read as follows
(indentation and some paragraph numbering added):
Claim 1: An aqueous-based curable liquid film-forming
composition comprising
(1) 50 to 90 percent by weight based on weight of
resin solids in the film-forming composition of a
material selected from the group consisting of
polyesters, polyurethanes or mixtures thereof containing
a plurality of terminal or pendant carbamate groups only
of the structure:
R
*
X)C)N)H
5
O
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