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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL A. ZASLOFF and GLENN M. ANDERSON
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Appeal No. 2007-0055
Application No. 10/053,299
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to methods of blocking microbial adherence to the
surface of a eukaryotic cell. The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious. We
have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm-in-part.
Background
“Infection by microbial organisms involves initial adherence to a [cell] surface.
Failure of adherence is believed to prevent” microbes from invading epithelial cells.
Specification, page 1, lines 21-23. Methods have been developed to block microbial
infection by interfering with microbial adherence to cells. Id., page 1, lines 23-24.
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