The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEPHAN KIRCHMEYER, HANNS-PETER MÜLLER, MARTIN ULLRICH, and ULRICH LIESENFELDER __________ Appeal No. 1999-1390 Application No. 08/655,783 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, and 4, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for the production of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer. FurtherPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007