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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOZEF VERBORGT and
ARTHUR A. WEBB
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Appeal No. 2006-2677
Application No. 10/346,099
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, GRIMES, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to a thermoset and a process for making a
thermoset. The examiner has rejected the claims as anticipated or obvious. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We reverse.
Background
The specification describes a process of making a thermoset comprising reacting
a polyol monomer with a polyisocyanate. Page 2. An isocyanate is represented by the
general formula R-N=C=O. See the encyclopedia entry for isocyanate included in the
Evidence Appendix. The polyol monomer has the following formula:
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