Appeal No. 1997-3019
Application No. 08/404,122
Gao et al. (Gao), “An Essential Role for Constitutive Schiff Base-Forming Ligands in
Antigen Presentation to Murine T Cell Clones,” Journal of Immunology, Vol. 144, No. 8, pp.
2883-2890 (April 15, 1990)
DISCUSSION
The claims stand rejected as follows:
I. Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Knop,
Lipkowitz, Rhodes, Gao, Roitt and Ada.
II. Claim 3, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Knop, Lipkowitz, Rhodes,
Gao, Roitt, Ada and the Sigma Catalog.
III. Claims 6 through 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Knop,
Lipkowitz, Rhodes, Gao, Roitt, Ada and UK Patent 1,569,003.
We reverse all three rejections. In addition, we raise an issue for the consideration
of the examiner upon return of the application to the examining group.
BACKGROUND
A vaccine, in the context of the claims, and in general, “stimulate[s] a specific
immune response consisting of protective antibodies and T cell immunity,” and upon
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administration to a non-immune individual, “induces active immunity.” An adjuvant is a
2 Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, J.M. Cruse and R.E. Lewis, CRC Press, Inc.
Boca Raton, FL, 1995, page 309 (“vaccine”) attached.
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