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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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALAN WOLFFE and FYODOR URNOV
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Appeal No. 2006-2851
Application No. 09/844,501
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GRIMES, 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 123-152.
Claims 123 reads as follows:
123. A method for preparing a library of regulatory DNA sequences from a cell,
the method comprising:
(a) providing a cell nucleus, wherein the nucleus comprises cellular chromatin;
(b) contacting the nucleus with a first enzyme, wherein the first enzyme reacts
with accessible regions of cellular chromatin;
(c) deproteinizing the cellular chromatin to generate deproteinized DNA;
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