The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YOICHI TAGUCHI, AKIHIRO OISHI, ISAO SHIBUYA, and TOHRU TSUCHIYA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1729 Application No. 08/527,217 Heard : November 29, 2001 Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 1 through 3 which are all the claims pending in this application. THE INVENTION The invention is directed to a method for the preparation of a class of beta-lactam compounds of a specific formula. Additional limitations are described in the following illustrative claims.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007