The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HARALD MERTES, JOSEF PEDAIN and REINHARD HALPAAP __________ Appeal No. 1998-3145 Application 08/432,285 ___________ 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 1-8, which are all of the claims in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a process for making a polyisocyanate containing allophanate 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007