Ex Parte MOLLET et al - Page 6

                  Appeal No. 2002-1926                                                                                        Page 6                      
                  Application No. 08/693,353                                                                                                              
                  product claims limited to a bacteriocin comprising an amino acid sequence identical to                                                  
                  the sequence of the bacteriocin produced by Micrococcus varians strains CNCM I-1586                                                     
                  and CNCM I-1587 (e.g., claim 45).                                                                                                       
                           In our judgment, the reasons cited in support of the examiner’s rejection are                                                  
                  insufficient to support the examiner’s conclusion that “[t]he specification does not                                                    
                  enable any person skilled in the art . . . to practice the invention commensurate in                                                    
                  scope with [the] claims” (Answer, page 5).  Accordingly, the rejection of the claims                                                    
                  under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is reversed.                                                                               
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              


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                  Allan A. Franucci                                                                                                                       
                  Winston & Strawn                                                                                                                        
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