The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WALTER LANGE, MICHAEL GROSSE-BLEY, BRUNO BOMER, ROLF GROSSER, and FRANZ P. HOEVER ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0900 Application No. 08/290,047 ____________ HEARD: April 5, 2001 ____________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ROBINSON, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges. ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 - 4, 15, and 16. Claims 5 - 7 and 11 - 14 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner and are not presented on appeal. Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows: 1. Polymerisable enantiomers of optically active dipeptides substantially free of other enantiomers, of the general formula (I)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007