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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KOJI HAYASHI, TOSHIYUKI SAKAKI,
YOSHIYASU YABUSAKI, KOICHIRO KOMAI,
HIDEO KANEKO, and IWAO NAKATSUKA
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Appeal No. 2001-0288
Application No. 08/277,031
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, 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 1-14, which are all the claims pending in the
application.
Claims 1, 6, 8, and 10 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and
are reproduced below:
1. A method for evaluation of the safety of a chemical compound,
which comprises:
(a) reacting the chemical compound with recombinant yeast
cells that produce human cytochrome P450 molecular
species P450 1A2, P450 2C9, P450 2E1 and P450 3A4 and
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