Ex Parte MORIARTY et al - Page 1




                          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                                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33                   
                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                   
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                             Ex parte ROBERT M. MORIARTY, RAJU A. PENMASTA                                          
                                                 and LIANG GUO                                                      
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                                              Appeal No. 09/008,957                                                 
                                            Application No. 2004-0903                                               
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                                                    ON BRIEF                                                        
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                 Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GREEN, Administrative Patent                                 
                 Judges.                                                                                            
                 GREEN, 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 claim 1.1  Claim 1 is drawn to the compound 1α-hydroxyvitamin                   
                 D5, and a copy of that claim is appended to this decision.                                         






                                                                                                                    
                 1 Claims 1-6 and 10-19 are pending and stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                            
                 103(a).  Appellants have appealed only the rejection of claim 1.                                   





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