The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WILHELMUS H.J. BOESTEN, QUIRINUS BROXTERMAN, and MARCUS PLAUM __________ Appeal No. 2003-0897 Application No. 09/640,796 __________ ON BRIEF __________ WINTERS, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 1 through 5 and 20, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. The Invention Applicants' invention relates to a multi-step process for preparing (S)-2-amino-T- oxoalkanoic acid derivatives having formula (1)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007