Ex Parte Matzinger et al - Page 18

                 Appeal No.  2003-2146                                                        Page 18                  
                 Application No.  09/546,143                                                                           
                 that it would have been prima facie obvious to then separate the + and –                              
                 stereoisomers of the cis-conformation to arrive at appellants’ claimed invention.                     
                 Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 25 and 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103                       
                 as being unpatentable over Barbier.                                                                   


                                                     REVERSED                                                          




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