The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DOUGLAS J. GOETZ, and MOHAMMAD F. KIANI
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Appeal No. 2006-0292
Application No. 09/975,899
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GREEN, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, 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 claim 6, the only pending claim, which reads as follows:
6. A method of treating a cancer in an individual in need of such
treatment, comprising the steps of:
irradiating a cancerous target tissue or organ in said individual; and
administering to said individual a particle of biodegradable polymers
or PEGylated copolymers comprising antibodies or antibody
fragments that bind to ICAM-1 expressed on an endothelial cell of
said irradiated tissue or organ and a pharmaceutical.
The examiner relies upon the following references:
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