Ex Parte Kim et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                  ________________                                    
                   Ex parte YUNG K. KIM, DAVID STEPHEN KARPOVICH,                     
                         WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL, and LING YANG                           
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2006-0900                                  
                             Application No. 10/368,915                               
                                  ________________                                    
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                  ________________                                    
               Before KIMLIN, PAK, and TIMM, Administrative Patent                    
               Judges.                                                                
               KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 39-41,            
          43, 45, and 46.  Claims 42, 44, 47, and 48 stand withdrawn from             
          consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention.                 
          Claim 39 is illustrative:                                                   
          39. A purification process comprising:                                      
               providing a silicone derivatized macromolecule selected                
          from the group consisting of dendrimers and hyperbranched                   
          polymers supported on a particulate support or separation                   
          membrane, and then                                                          




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