The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte HAI-QUAN MAO, KAM W. LEONG, ZHONG ZHAO and JAMES P. ENGLISH Appeal No. 2005-1076 Application No. 10/047,941 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, PAK and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 135-154. A copy of illustrative claims 134 and 147 is appended to this decision. The examiner has not cited prior art in the rejection of the appealed claims. Appellants' claimed invention is directed to phosphorus- containing polymers of the recited formulae that are biocompatible. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007