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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 87
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NORBERT HEIMBURGER, GERHARDT KUMPE,
WILFRIED WORMSBACHER and HANS PREIS
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Appeal No. 1999-0959
Application No. 08/415,166
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Pate nt Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 3, 5-8, and 11-22, all of the claims remaining in the
application.
Claims 21 and 5 are representative and read as follows:
21. A process for the preparation of a virus-free product of blood
coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X comprising heating an aqueous
solution containing these factors to a temperature ranging from
30°C to 100°C for a period ranging from 1 minute to 48 hours, in the
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