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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YAWEN L. CHIANG and ESTHER H. CHANG
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Appeal No. 1999-1330
Application No. 08/527,373
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ROBINSON, 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 - 11, which are all of the claims pending in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A process for improving the treatment of a tumor by radiation therapy
comprising:
treating a tumor by radiation therapy wherein cells of said tumor have been
transduced with a polynucleotide encoding wild type p53.
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