Appeal No. 94-2592
Application 07/707,265
claim the eglin amino acid sequence alone or an “N-acetylated
eglin.” An amendment inserting the phrase “N-acetylated”
between “An” and “eglin” on line 1 of claim 34 would remedy
this defect.
Other Issues
In our review of the application we note that the
examiner’s search of the prior art appears to have been
limited to a word search of the term “eglin.” We find no
indication that the examiner searched (i) the protein data
bases for the amino acid sequence of the claimed protein, or
(ii) the protein by its other name, hirudin. Upon return of
this application to the corps, we suggest the examiner
consider whether all the relevant data bases have been
properly explored.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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