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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRUCE A. CORNELL and RONALD J. PACE
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Appeal No. 2001-0059
Application No. 08/530,370
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-11,
the only claims in the application.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A membrane for use in detecting the presence of an analyte, the membrane
comprising an array of closely packed self-assembling amphiphilic molecules and a
plurality of first and second receptor molecules, the first receptor molecules being
reactive with one site on the analyte and second receptor molecules being reactive with
another site on the analyte, the first receptor molecules being prevented from lateral
diffusion within the membrane whilst the second receptor molecules are free to diffuse
laterally within the membrane, the membrane being characterized in that the ratio of
first receptor molecules to second receptor molecules is 10:1 or greater.
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