The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SON N. KIM, AXEL SANNER and KARIN SPERLING-VIETMEIER __________ Appeal No. 1998-3116 Application 08/367,327 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, JEFFREY T. SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 4-7 and 9, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a specified water soluble or water dispersible polyurethane and 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007