Appeal No. 1997-0158 Application No. 08/026,581 Group I - Claims 1, 18, 20 and 22; and Group II - Claims 17, 19, 21 and 23. However, appellants have not supplied any substantive arguments for the separate patentability of claims 17, 19, 21 and 23 in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)and(c)(8)(iv) (1995). See Brief in its entirety. Therefore, we decide this appeal as to the ground of rejection on the basis of claim 1 alone, which is reproduced below: 1. A method for preparing a ciso-lefin of the following general formula (2): wherein R and R are independently selected from the1 2 group consisting of an ester group, substituted silyl group, carboxyl group, cyano group, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms unsubstituted or substituted with at least one hydroxy group, and phenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one hydroxy group, said method comprising the step of reducing an alkyne of the following general formula (1): 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007