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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT R. GRANADOS and PING WANG
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Appeal No. 2002-2030
Application No. 09/294,663
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, 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, 6, and 9. Claims 3, 5, 7, 10, and 20-22 are also
pending; the examiner has indicated that these claims are allowable.1 Claim 1 is
representative and reads as follows:
1. A transformed plant, comprising an expression vector,
wherein said expression vector comprises a gene encoding
an invertebrate intestinal mucin (IIM) protein operably linked
to an expression control sequence, such that said
transformed plant is capable of expressing said IIM protein.
1 We do not completely agree with the examiner on this point. See the new ground of rejection
infra.
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