Ex parte DHEIN et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1997-0334                                                        
          Application 08/211,698                                                      

               corresponding to an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups              
               of component b) to alcoholic hydroxyl groups of component              
               a) of 0.5:1 to 5:1,                                                    
               B) applying                                                            
               the mixture obtained in A) to a substrate and                          
               C)                                                                     
               reacting the isocyanate groups and hydroxyl groups to                  
               form said polyurethane coating.                                        





                                       OPINION                                        
                                    THE REFERENCE                                     
               The sole reference of record which is being relied on by               
          the examiner as evidence of obviousness is:                                 
          Markusch et al.               5,372,875           December 13,              
          1994                                                                        
               Markusch et al. discloses an aqueous two-component                     
          polyurethane-forming composition containing a polyisocyanate                
          and a polyhydroxyl compound (column 1, lines 12 through 16;                 
          column 2, lines 29 through 46).  The aqueous composition                    
          contains one or more polyhydroxyl compounds which are either                
          water soluble or water dispersible and, optionally, an                      
          emulsifier (column 5, line 30 through column 6, line 22).                   
          Useful polyhydroxyl compounds include polyesters (column 5,                 
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