The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROBERT M. MORIARTY, RAJU A. PENMASTA and LIANG GUO __________ Appeal No. 09/008,957 Application No. 2004-0903 __________ ON BRIEF __________ 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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007