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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEPHEN D. LUPTON
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Appeal No. 2001-0766
Application No. 08/483,941
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner=s decision finally rejecting claims
1-6, 11, 16, 26 and 36, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.
Representative Claim
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal, and reads as
follows:
1. A selectable fusion gene comprising a dominant positive selectable
gene fused to and in reading frame with a negative selectable gene, wherein the
selectable fusion gene encodes a single bifunctional fusion protein which when
expressed confers a dominant positive selectable phenotype and a negative
selectable phenotype on a cellular host.
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