Appeal No. 2007-0744 Application No. 10/007,866 no evidence to support their position that the resulting compound of example 1 necessarily, inherently has a carboxylic acid content of 10.57% and evidence that the carboxylic acid content of 10.57% directly converts to an acid number of 133.9. Such evidence may be made in the form of a Declaration under 37 C.F.R. §1.132. In view of the absence of such evidence in the present case, the written description rejection is affirmed. CONCLUSION The rejection of claim 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph for failing to comply with the written description requirement is affirmed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED ) Donald E. Adams ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT Demetra J. Mills ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) Eric Grimes ) Administrative Patent Judge ) DJM/jlb 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next
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