The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte FRANK HOLTRUP, TANJA SCHONSTETTER AND HEIDI GRUNDNER __________ Appeal No. 2002-2217 Application 09/549,016 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-3. Claim 4, which is the only other claim in the application, stands allowed. THE INVENTION The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a resin obtainable by reacting of a specified substituted aniline with an aldehyde and an alkylene oxide. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007