Appeal No. 2000-0132 Application No. 08/934,791 APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER Claims 21, 22, and 54 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows:1 21. In a chromatographic column used in the separation of a chemical substance from a mixture containing the same, the improvement comprising said column containing a carrier having supported thereon a separating agent comprising a cellulose derivative consisting of cellulose having an aromatic substituent attached thereto through a urethane group. 22. In a chromatographic column used in the separation of a chemical substance from a mixture containing the same, the improvement comprising said column containing a separating agent in the form of beads and comprising a cellulose derivative consisting of cellulose having an aromatic substituent attached thereto through a urethane group. 54. In a chromatographic column used in the separation of a chemical substance from a mixture containing the same, the improvement comprising said column containing a separating agent comprising a ground cellulose derivative having an aromatic substituent attached thereto through a urethane group, said aromatic substituent being ring substituted with a group selected from among an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a nitro group, a halogen group, an amino group, an alkyl-substituted amino group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, a thiol group, a sulfonyl group, a carboxyl group and an alkoxy carbonyl group. 1 The amendment which was submitted together with a response dated Dec. 2, 1996 (Paper No. 17), was not clerically entered. Upon return of this application, the examiner must ensure proper entry of this amendment. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007