The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CRAIG M. MEYERS and LAIMONIS A. LAIMINS
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Appeal No. 1997-3944
Application No. 08/208,807
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-8, 13, 15, and 16. Claims 3 and 14 are canceled.
Claims 9-12 are withdrawn from consideration1 as drawn to a non-elected invention.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A process of biosynthesizing papillomavirus in an epithelial cell
containing papillomavirus DNA but not papillomavirus particles
comprising inducing differentiation of said epithelial cell by exposing said
epithelial cell to a protein kinase C inducer.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
1 Paper No. 16, mailed October 19, 1994.
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