The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHENGJIU WU and JIANHUI SHAN ___________ Appeal No. 1998-2334 Application No. 08/348,385 __________ ON BRIEF _________ Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN, and SMITH, JEFFREY, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-28. The only other claims in the application, which are claims 29 and 30, have been allowed. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method for preparing unsymmetrical 2,7-disubstituted fluoren-9-one derivatives. This appealed subject matter is adequately 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007