The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte IAN A. WHEELER and DEAN WICKWIRE __________ Appeal No. 2003-0820 Application No. 09/789,989 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PAK, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 4 (final Office action mailed Oct. 1, 2001), which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for preparing water-blown polyurethane foam using a gaseous co-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007