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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEFFREY C. GEESIN and
ANNA GOSIEWSKA
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Appeal No. 2002-1296
Application No. 08/957,038
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 15
through 21, all the claims remaining in the application. Claim 15 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
15. A method for identifying modulators of scar formation, comprising the steps
of:
(a) incubating immortalized, non-cancerous macrophages with an exogenous
source of latent TGF-$1 and a modulator compound that modulates latent
TGF-$1 activation;
(b) measuring the amount of active TGF-$1 produced by the macrophages;
and
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