Ex parte MADAN et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1997-0956                                                        
          Application No. 08/313,488                                                  


               Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal              
          and reads as follows:                                                       
               1.  A process for the production of a soft composite in a              
          closed mold comprising:                                                     
                    a) applying a composition which forms a soft                      
          elastomer      that includes a prepolymer of diphenylmethane                
          diisocyanate having an NCO content of from about 8 to about                 
          17% by weight       and at least one isocyanate-reactive                    
          compound with at least two isocyanate-reactive groups to the                
          interior walls of the    open mold:                                         
                    b) introducing a composition which is made up of                  
                         1) a mixture of diphenylmethane diisocyanates                
                         and/or polyisocyanates having an NCO content                 
                         of from about 32.0 to about 32.8 which                       
                       isocyanates are not prepolymers,                               
                         2) a polyol mixture having a functionality of at             
                         least two and molecular weight of from about                 
                         400 to about 8,000,                                          
                         3) a blowing agent,                                          
                         4) an amine catalyst, and                                    
                         5) an amine crosslinking agent                               
               and will react to form a low density, high resiliency,                 
               flexible foam under molding conditions in an amount such               
               that the formed foam will fill the mold into the mold in               
          a    manner such that this composition will be substantially                
               completely within the elastomer-forming composition                    
          present on the mold walls;                                                  
                    c) closing the mold                                               
               and                                                                    
                    d) allowing the composition introduced in b) to form              
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