Appeal No. 1998-0900
Application No. 08/290,047
additionally, provide appellants with the opportunity to amend the appealed claims
under the provision of 37 CFR § 1.196(c).
Discussion
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants' specification and claims, and to the respective positions articulated by
the appellants and the examiner. We make reference to the Examiner's Answer of
June 11, 1996 (Paper No. 26) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejections
and to the appellants' Appeal Brief filed March 4, 1996 (Paper No. 23) for the
appellants’ arguments thereagainst.2
Claim Interpretation
Claim 1 is directed to polymerisable enantiomers of optically active dipeptides
defined by the following structure:
The specifi
cation indicates the optically active polymers and copolymers can be obtained by
2 The examiner has refused entry of the Reply Brief filed August 15, 1996 (Paper No. 29) and we
have not considered it in our review of the issues raised by this appeal.
4
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007