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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STANLEY E. KATZ and ALAIN MARTIN
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Appeal 2007-0054
Application 09/846,722
Technology Center 1600
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GRIMES, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to a treatment method. The Examiner has
rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.
We affirm.
BACKGROUND
“The inflammatory response, often referred to as respiratory bursting,
is the response of defensive mammalian cells primarily white blood cells or
leucocytes.” (Specification 12.) “Reactive oxygen species are generated by
cells in response to . . . the respiratory burst of phagocytic cells (such as
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