Ex Parte GOLDBERG et al - Page 1


                 Appeal No.  2003-0837                                               Page ~ PAGE ~1~                     
                 Application No.  09/078,531                                                                             
                                                                                         Paper No. 26                    
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                              Ex parte VICTOR M. GOLDBERG, ARNOLD I. CAPLAN,                                             
                           FRANCIS P. BARRY, DAVID J. FINK, DANIEL R. MARSHAK,                                           
                                                and JAMES S. BURNS                                                       
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                                                Appeal No.  2003-0837                                                    
                                             Application No.  09/078,531                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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                 Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                        
                 ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     
                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                        This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                  
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 33-51, which are all the claims pending in the                     
                 application.                                                                                            
                        Claim 33 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced                       
                 below:                                                                                                  
                        33. A method for regenerating articular cartilage defects in a host in need                      
                             thereof, comprising administering to said host cultured human                               
                             mesenchymal stem cells, said human mesenchymal stem cells                                   
                             having a fibroblastic morphology.                                                           










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