Ex Parte GROTENDORST et al - Page 1




                             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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 49                      
                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                           
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                        Ex parte GARY R. GROTENDORST, and                                                     
                                                        NAOKO IIDA                                                            
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                                                  Appeal No. 2002-0427                                                        
                                                Application No. 08/179,656                                                    
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                                                         ON BRIEF                                                             
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                  Before MILLS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
                  GREEN, 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 1, 3, 5, and 23-26.  Claim 6 is also pending and the                              
                  examiner has indicated that it is allowable.  See Paper No. 33, mailed July 13,                             
                  1999.  Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:                              
                         1.      A purified protein consisting of Leukocyte Derived Growth Factor 2                           
                                 (LDGF2) having immunoreactivity and an amino acid sequence                                   
                                 which differs from the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 17 by an                                 
                                 amino acid(s) substitution, deletion, or insertion which does not                            
                                 affect the reactivity of the protein.                                                        








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