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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASAJI ISHIGURO, TAKASHI NAKATSUKA,
RIE TANAKA, TETSUO SHIMAMOTO, and TAKURO YOSHIDA
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Appeal No. 2001-1045
Application No. 09/178,594
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 15-19, all of the claims remaining. The claims are
directed to a method of making a 4-substituted azetidinone derivative by reacting
an azetidinone derivative with an ester in the presence of a catalyst. The claims
are reproduced in an appendix attached to the Appeal Brief.
The examiner does not rely on any references.
Claims 15-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second
paragraphs. We affirm.
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