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          Appeal No. 2001-0851                                                        
          Application No. 09/042,735                                                  

                         3) at least one dicarboxylic acid; with                      
                              ii) at least one NCO-terminated polyurethane            
                              prepolymer (part B) comprising the reaction             
                              product of:                                             
                         1) at least one polyether polyol; and                        
                         2) at least one polyisocyanate;                              
                         wherein the equivalence ratio of hydroxyl                    
                         component (part A) to isocyanate component (part             
                         B) is in a range of from about 1:0:1:2 to about              
                         1.0:1.6; and said parts are blended together to              
                         form a laminating adhesive having an initial                 
                         viscosity less than about 25,000 mPa.s at 25 C               
                         [sic, 25oC] +/-5 C [sic, 5oC];                               
                    b) providing at least one first flexible substrate;               
                    c) applying a layer of said adhesive to a surface of at           
                    least one portion of said first substrate;                        
                    d) contacting the adhesive coated surface portion of              
                    first substrate with at least a portion of the surface            
                    of a second substrate; and                                        
                    e) allowing the said adhesive to bond the first and               
                    second substrate together.                                        
               The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of              
          obviousness are:                                                            
          Abraham et al. (Abraham)              3,915,935     Oct. 28, 1975           
          Gruenewaelder et al. (Gruenewaelder)  5,278,223     Jan. 11, 1994           







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