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Appeal No. 1997-4381
Application 08/440,734
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are:
Hettinga et al. (Hettinga) 4,379,170 Apr. 5, 1983
Payne et al. (Payne) 5,172,193 Dec. 15, 1992
Nordstrom et al. (Nordstrom), “Prevention of Bacteriophage Adsorption to Staphylococcus
aureus by Immunoglobulin G,” Journal of Virology, Vol. 14, No. 2,
pp. 203-206 (1974)
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the examiner's
Answer (Paper No. 10, April 1, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of
the rejection, and to the appellant's Brief (Paper No. 9, January 6, 1997) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations
which follow.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Grounds of Rejection
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