The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WOLFGANG KAUFHOLD, HENRICUS PEERLINGS HANS-GEORG HOPPE and WOLFGANG ROHRIG _____________ Appeal No. 2006-0324 Application No. 10/095,154 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CAROFF, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 8-9, all of the claims remaining in appellants’ involved application. The appealed claims relate to a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composition prepared by reacting hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) with a polyol component and a mixture of chain extenders. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007