The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD P. POLNIASZEK, XUEBAO WANG, JEFFREY S. DEPUE, CHENNAGIRI R. PANDIT, YADAGIRI PENDRI, and EDUARDO J. MARTINEZ __________ Appeal No. 2001-1805 Application No. 09/141,402 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claim 41, which is the only claim pending in the application and is reproduced below: 41. A high melt polymorph of the compound N-(3,4-dimethyl-5- isoxazolyl)-4’-(2-oxazolyl)[1,1’-biphenyl]-2-sulfonamide, which has a melting point of approximately 143.07 to 145.1º C. The examiner relies on: Murugesan 5,612,359 Mar. 18, 1997Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007