The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte HERBERT FISCHER, WINFRIED EMMERLING, THOMAS MOELLER, HERMANN ONUSSEIT, WERNER HALLER, BERNHARD SCHOETTMER, BERNHARD HERLFTERKAMP, DIETER FEUSTEL, KLAUS FRIEDRICH, HARTMUT BUESCHING and NORBERT HUEBNER _____________ Appeal No. 1998-3118 Application No. 08/ 448,543 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ and JEFFREY SMITH , Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 13-25, 27, 30, 31, 33-38, 40- 44, 50, 51, 65-73 and 75-78. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a composition, and to various methods of using the composition, comprising a nonionic polyurethane consisting essentially of specified groups including residues of tetramethylxylene diisocyanate. This appealed 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007