The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte AKIRA MATSUNAGA, AKIRA FUJIU, SHINJI TSUYUTANI, TOSHIO NOZAKI and MASAYUKI UEDA Appeal No. 1999-1400 Application No. 08/849,211 HEARD: January 8, 2002 Before KIMLIN, GRON and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-6, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A process for the preparation of a phosphoric monoester by reacting an organic hydroxyl compound with a pre- mixed phosphorylating agent consisting essentially of phosphorus pentaoxide and at least one compound selected from the group -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007