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                           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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43                        
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                      
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                                  Ex parte   JEAN PLOUET, FREDERIC JONICA,                                              
                                               NATALIE ORTEGA and                                                       
                                         MARIE-MAGDALEINE RUCHOUX                                                       
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                                                Appeal No. 2004-0291                                                    
                                             Application No. 09/091,561                                                 
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                                               HEARD:   May 18, 2004                                                    
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              Before WINTERS, SCHEINER and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
              MILLS, 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 25-30 and 32-35.  Claims 18-24 and 31, also pending in this                           
              application, have been withdrawn from consideration.                                                      
                     Claim 25 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:                             
                     25.  Anti-idiotypic vascular endothelial growth factor antibody, said antibody being               
              a ligand of the human KDR receptor or of the murine flk-1 and not a ligand of flt.                        











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