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                             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                      was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                  
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                                   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)                                                            










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